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WinME on 80GB hard drive?
I have ordered a new 80GB drive and will want to do a fresh WinME
installation on it. I've read somewhere that WinME has a 64GB limit--can't now remember the details or where I read it. If this is true, I presume I can get around the limitation by partitioning the new HD (which I would want to do anyway). Can I do this with Fdisk with the WinME Startup Disk, or does that have the same limit? Would there be a better way of doing it? I have (and expect to use) PartitionMagic 8.0. If I partition first with Fdisk, will I screw anything up by later making other partitions with PM? Would it be possible (and/or better) to install WinME first and *then* recover the entire HD by partitioning with PM? |
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WinME on 80GB hard drive?
OK, Mike, thanks.
The motherboard shouldn't be a problem as it's fairly new. Sorry, what's FCHK? Do you mean FDISK? "Mike M" wrote in message ... Win Me has not 64GB drive limit although some motherboards have limits with some being unable to access drives larger than 8GB with an overlay whilst others have a limit of 32GB. Win Me does however have a limit of around 137GB. I would recommend that you use FCHK but ensure you use the version supplied with Win Me rather than that from earlier 9x operating systems as some have much lower drive size limits. -- Mike Maltby Old Geezer wrote: I have ordered a new 80GB drive and will want to do a fresh WinME installation on it. I've read somewhere that WinME has a 64GB limit--can't now remember the details or where I read it. If this is true, I presume I can get around the limitation by partitioning the new HD (which I would want to do anyway). Can I do this with Fdisk with the WinME Startup Disk, or does that have the same limit? Would there be a better way of doing it? I have (and expect to use) PartitionMagic 8.0. If I partition first with Fdisk, will I screw anything up by later making other partitions with PM? Would it be possible (and/or better) to install WinME first and *then* recover the entire HD by partitioning with PM? |
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WinME on 80GB hard drive?
Sorry about the brainf$$t. Yes, I meant to type fdisk. :-) What's worse is
that I know I've made the same mistake on at least a couple of other occasions recently. -- Mike Maltby Old Geezer wrote: OK, Mike, thanks. The motherboard shouldn't be a problem as it's fairly new. Sorry, what's FCHK? Do you mean FDISK? |
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WinME on 80GB hard drive?
Poor thing......old age has its drawbacks.......LOL!!
The Registry Ditz..... "Mike M" wrote in message ... Sorry about the brainf$$t. Yes, I meant to type fdisk. :-) What's worse is that I know I've made the same mistake on at least a couple of other occasions recently. -- Mike Maltby Old Geezer wrote: OK, Mike, thanks. The motherboard shouldn't be a problem as it's fairly new. Sorry, what's FCHK? Do you mean FDISK? |
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Heather,
Unfortunately its not just old age. :-( -- Mike M Heather wrote: Poor thing......old age has its drawbacks.......LOL!! The Registry Ditz..... |
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WinME on 80GB hard drive?
"Old Geezer" escribió en el mensaje ... I have ordered a new 80GB drive and will want to do a fresh WinME installation on it. I've read somewhere that WinME has a 64GB limit--can't now remember the details or where I read it. If this is true, I presume I can get around the limitation by partitioning the new HD (which I would want to do anyway). Can I do this with Fdisk with the WinME Startup Disk, or does that have the same limit? Would there be a better way of doing it? I have (and expect to use) PartitionMagic 8.0. If I partition first with Fdisk, will I screw anything up by later making other partitions with PM? Would it be possible (and/or better) to install WinME first and *then* recover the entire HD by partitioning with PM? You can download partitioning and formatting software from your hard disk's manufacturer's web site to put onto a floppy and use that to format and partition your HD. It's free and very user friendly. Alias |
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WinME on 80GB hard drive?
"Alias" wrote in message ... "Old Geezer" escribió en el mensaje ... I have ordered a new 80GB drive and will want to do a fresh WinME installation on it. I've read somewhere that WinME has a 64GB limit--can't now remember the details or where I read it. If this is true, I presume I can get around the limitation by partitioning the new HD (which I would want to do anyway). Can I do this with Fdisk with the WinME Startup Disk, or does that have the same limit? Would there be a better way of doing it? I have (and expect to use) PartitionMagic 8.0. If I partition first with Fdisk, will I screw anything up by later making other partitions with PM? Would it be possible (and/or better) to install WinME first and *then* recover the entire HD by partitioning with PM? You can download partitioning and formatting software from your hard disk's manufacturer's web site to put onto a floppy and use that to format and partition your HD. It's free and very user friendly. Good idea. The 80GB drive is a Maxtor and came with a CD with such software. I've gotten software with hard drives before, but always ignored it and just used Fdisk etc. to do the job, because looking at the supplied software didn't impress me much. But that was some time ago, it's probably much better software now, and I will use it. Thanks. |
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"Mike M" wrote in message ... Sorry about the brainf$$t. Yes, I meant to type fdisk. :-) What's worse is that I know I've made the same mistake on at least a couple of other occasions recently. Doesn't everybody do that? I do, and I hope it's not just you and me. :-) O.G. -- Mike Maltby Old Geezer wrote: OK, Mike, thanks. The motherboard shouldn't be a problem as it's fairly new. Sorry, what's FCHK? Do you mean FDISK? |
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"Old Geezer" wrote "Alias" wrote "Old Geezer" escribió I have ordered a new 80GB drive and will want to do a fresh WinME installation on it. I've read somewhere that WinME has a 64GB limit--can't now remember the details or where I read it. If this is true, I presume I can get around the limitation by partitioning the new HD (which I would want to do anyway). Can I do this with Fdisk with the WinME Startup Disk, or does that have the same limit? Would there be a better way of doing it? I have (and expect to use) PartitionMagic 8.0. If I partition first with Fdisk, will I screw anything up by later making other partitions with PM? Would it be possible (and/or better) to install WinME first and *then* recover the entire HD by partitioning with PM? You can download partitioning and formatting software from your hard disk's manufacturer's web site to put onto a floppy and use that to format and partition your HD. It's free and very user friendly. Good idea. The 80GB drive is a Maxtor and came with a CD with such software. I've gotten software with hard drives before, but always ignored it and just used Fdisk etc. to do the job, because looking at the supplied software didn't impress me much. But that was some time ago, it's probably much better software now, and I will use it. Thanks. Let me know how you like it. Alias |
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