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Hard drive larger then 120GB question
On the first Partition runs Win98 Se. Because Win98 Se not runs on the
second Partition (not bootable),I have insalled WinXP Pro. ssome schrieb: i now have the new fdisk, maybe that will work. the orig fdisk didn't work on an new WD 80 on a new P5, 2.6 MHz machine until i dwnlded the WD util from their site. When you partitioned the 250 in half, were both partitions then viable HDs with win 98SE? ssome "T-Online" wrote in message ... I've tested it. On my 250 GB drive and my 80 GB drive Fdisk runs. I wonder why it runs not at your system. ssome schrieb: So partitioning a big drive and assigning it to D and E (and F) would be fine with win 98 SE on another C: drive. If the new drive was the only drive then win would have to be installed on the first partition, to recap. it would seem wrong to get a big (200+ GB) drive and only use the first 120 GB of it and let the rest go unused as suggested by the above msgs. An interesting point here. i bought a new P5, 2.6 GHz machine and win 98SE would not let the old fdisk work on the new drive. i had to go to the WD HD site and get 2 utils that let me fdisk and format the new 80 GB drive. One was a DOS file if there wasn't win 98 already in that machine and the other file was a win 98 file that would setup the new HD if win 98 was already installed. i hope other HD mfgrs also do this. i got a new fdisk and win 98Me defrag. ssome "T-Online" wrote in message ... You can use Partitions smaller 137 Gb! If you want to run Win98,you must install it on the partition at the beginning of the D iskspace. ssome schrieb: Where does it say that you can't partition a 240 GB drive into two valid 120s? a 360 into 3 ea 120s? also, we use defrag from win 98 Me, are there other Me files we can use on win 98SE? ssome "USR" wrote in message a... Thanks for the links guys.... ... so, I guess as long as I don't create more then one partition and make it less then 127GBs in size, Win98SE should have no problems...in theory .... I'll post back once I get the drive. "Jon_Hildrum" wrote in message .. . try rhis place too for information http://www.48bitlba.com/ -- Jon Hildrum www.hildrum.com "Touch Base" wrote in message . .. "USR" wrote in message ... | Hello: | | I know that there is a limitation in Win98SE with regard to hard drive size | greater then 120GB. My question is, if I put a 320GB hard drive in an SE | box but only create a partition of 120GB or less, will I still run into | problems? | | TIA | some information; http://www.hexff.com/w98_hd.php |
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Hard drive larger then 120GB question
i just went online shopping for a 250 GB WD HD. most places it was about
$80, but WALMART charged $137! Tiger Direct had it for $80 with a $20 rebate. i will keep my 80GB HD in C: with win98SE already on it and place the new HD fdisked into 2 partitions on D and E of 125GB each. should work. i'll have another 40 GB HD on F: ssome "T-Online" wrote in message ... On the first Partition runs Win98 Se. Because Win98 Se not runs on the second Partition (not bootable),I have insalled WinXP Pro. ssome schrieb: i now have the new fdisk, maybe that will work. the orig fdisk didn't work on an new WD 80 on a new P5, 2.6 MHz machine until i dwnlded the WD util from their site. When you partitioned the 250 in half, were both partitions then viable HDs with win 98SE? ssome "T-Online" wrote in message ... I've tested it. On my 250 GB drive and my 80 GB drive Fdisk runs. I wonder why it runs not at your system. ssome schrieb: So partitioning a big drive and assigning it to D and E (and F) would be fine with win 98 SE on another C: drive. If the new drive was the only drive then win would have to be installed on the first partition, to recap. it would seem wrong to get a big (200+ GB) drive and only use the first 120 GB of it and let the rest go unused as suggested by the above msgs. An interesting point here. i bought a new P5, 2.6 GHz machine and win 98SE would not let the old fdisk work on the new drive. i had to go to the WD HD site and get 2 utils that let me fdisk and format the new 80 GB drive. One was a DOS file if there wasn't win 98 already in that machine and the other file was a win 98 file that would setup the new HD if win 98 was already installed. i hope other HD mfgrs also do this. i got a new fdisk and win 98Me defrag. ssome "T-Online" wrote in message ... You can use Partitions smaller 137 Gb! If you want to run Win98,you must install it on the partition at the beginning of the D iskspace. ssome schrieb: Where does it say that you can't partition a 240 GB drive into two valid 120s? a 360 into 3 ea 120s? also, we use defrag from win 98 Me, are there other Me files we can use on win 98SE? ssome "USR" wrote in message a... Thanks for the links guys.... ... so, I guess as long as I don't create more then one partition and make it less then 127GBs in size, Win98SE should have no problems...in theory .... I'll post back once I get the drive. "Jon_Hildrum" wrote in message .. . try rhis place too for information http://www.48bitlba.com/ -- Jon Hildrum www.hildrum.com "Touch Base" wrote in message . .. "USR" wrote in message ... | Hello: | | I know that there is a limitation in Win98SE with regard to hard drive size | greater then 120GB. My question is, if I put a 320GB hard drive in an SE | box but only create a partition of 120GB or less, will I still run into | problems? | | TIA | some information; http://www.hexff.com/w98_hd.php |
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Hard drive larger then 120GB question
i just went online shopping for a 250 GB WD HD. most places it was about
$80, but WALMART charged $137! Tiger Direct had it for $80 with a $20 rebate. i will keep my 80GB HD in C: with win98SE already on it and place the new HD fdisked into 2 partitions on D and E of 125GB each. should work. i'll have another 40 GB HD on F: ssome "T-Online" wrote in message ... On the first Partition runs Win98 Se. Because Win98 Se not runs on the second Partition (not bootable),I have insalled WinXP Pro. ssome schrieb: i now have the new fdisk, maybe that will work. the orig fdisk didn't work on an new WD 80 on a new P5, 2.6 MHz machine until i dwnlded the WD util from their site. When you partitioned the 250 in half, were both partitions then viable HDs with win 98SE? ssome "T-Online" wrote in message ... I've tested it. On my 250 GB drive and my 80 GB drive Fdisk runs. I wonder why it runs not at your system. ssome schrieb: So partitioning a big drive and assigning it to D and E (and F) would be fine with win 98 SE on another C: drive. If the new drive was the only drive then win would have to be installed on the first partition, to recap. it would seem wrong to get a big (200+ GB) drive and only use the first 120 GB of it and let the rest go unused as suggested by the above msgs. An interesting point here. i bought a new P5, 2.6 GHz machine and win 98SE would not let the old fdisk work on the new drive. i had to go to the WD HD site and get 2 utils that let me fdisk and format the new 80 GB drive. One was a DOS file if there wasn't win 98 already in that machine and the other file was a win 98 file that would setup the new HD if win 98 was already installed. i hope other HD mfgrs also do this. i got a new fdisk and win 98Me defrag. ssome "T-Online" wrote in message ... You can use Partitions smaller 137 Gb! If you want to run Win98,you must install it on the partition at the beginning of the D iskspace. ssome schrieb: Where does it say that you can't partition a 240 GB drive into two valid 120s? a 360 into 3 ea 120s? also, we use defrag from win 98 Me, are there other Me files we can use on win 98SE? ssome "USR" wrote in message a... Thanks for the links guys.... ... so, I guess as long as I don't create more then one partition and make it less then 127GBs in size, Win98SE should have no problems...in theory .... I'll post back once I get the drive. "Jon_Hildrum" wrote in message .. . try rhis place too for information http://www.48bitlba.com/ -- Jon Hildrum www.hildrum.com "Touch Base" wrote in message . .. "USR" wrote in message ... | Hello: | | I know that there is a limitation in Win98SE with regard to hard drive size | greater then 120GB. My question is, if I put a 320GB hard drive in an SE | box but only create a partition of 120GB or less, will I still run into | problems? | | TIA | some information; http://www.hexff.com/w98_hd.php |
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Hard drive larger then 120GB question
$80 is a normal price for it. The Hd's are all IDE? If so,you can
install the new Hd just,if you have an additional Hd-controller or you have a S-ata slot,but then you must buy a S-ata HD instead of an IDE Hd. Reason: You can install not more than two HD's on an IDE slot. ssome schrieb: i just went online shopping for a 250 GB WD HD. most places it was about $80, but WALMART charged $137! Tiger Direct had it for $80 with a $20 rebate. i will keep my 80GB HD in C: with win98SE already on it and place the new HD fdisked into 2 partitions on D and E of 125GB each. should work. i'll have another 40 GB HD on F: ssome "T-Online" wrote in message ... On the first Partition runs Win98 Se. Because Win98 Se not runs on the second Partition (not bootable),I have insalled WinXP Pro. ssome schrieb: i now have the new fdisk, maybe that will work. the orig fdisk didn't work on an new WD 80 on a new P5, 2.6 MHz machine until i dwnlded the WD util from their site. When you partitioned the 250 in half, were both partitions then viable HDs with win 98SE? ssome "T-Online" wrote in message ... I've tested it. On my 250 GB drive and my 80 GB drive Fdisk runs. I wonder why it runs not at your system. ssome schrieb: So partitioning a big drive and assigning it to D and E (and F) would be fine with win 98 SE on another C: drive. If the new drive was the only drive then win would have to be installed on the first partition, to recap. it would seem wrong to get a big (200+ GB) drive and only use the first 120 GB of it and let the rest go unused as suggested by the above msgs. An interesting point here. i bought a new P5, 2.6 GHz machine and win 98SE would not let the old fdisk work on the new drive. i had to go to the WD HD site and get 2 utils that let me fdisk and format the new 80 GB drive. One was a DOS file if there wasn't win 98 already in that machine and the other file was a win 98 file that would setup the new HD if win 98 was already installed. i hope other HD mfgrs also do this. i got a new fdisk and win 98Me defrag. ssome "T-Online" wrote in message ... You can use Partitions smaller 137 Gb! If you want to run Win98,you must install it on the partition at the beginning of the D iskspace. ssome schrieb: Where does it say that you can't partition a 240 GB drive into two valid 120s? a 360 into 3 ea 120s? also, we use defrag from win 98 Me, are there other Me files we can use on win 98SE? ssome "USR" wrote in message news:VoadnVrfn7yN8O7YnZ2dnUVZ_sWdnZ2d@magma .ca... Thanks for the links guys.... ... so, I guess as long as I don't create more then one partition and make it less then 127GBs in size, Win98SE should have no problems...in theory .... I'll post back once I get the drive. "Jon_Hildrum" wrote in message ... try rhis place too for information http://www.48bitlba.com/ -- Jon Hildrum www.hildrum.com "Touch Base" wrote in message l... "USR" wrote in message ... | Hello: | | I know that there is a limitation in Win98SE with regard to hard drive size | greater then 120GB. My question is, if I put a 320GB hard drive in an SE | box but only create a partition of 120GB or less, will I still run into | problems? | | TIA | some information; http://www.hexff.com/w98_hd.php |
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Hard drive larger then 120GB question
$80 is a normal price for it. The Hd's are all IDE? If so,you can
install the new Hd just,if you have an additional Hd-controller or you have a S-ata slot,but then you must buy a S-ata HD instead of an IDE Hd. Reason: You can install not more than two HD's on an IDE slot. ssome schrieb: i just went online shopping for a 250 GB WD HD. most places it was about $80, but WALMART charged $137! Tiger Direct had it for $80 with a $20 rebate. i will keep my 80GB HD in C: with win98SE already on it and place the new HD fdisked into 2 partitions on D and E of 125GB each. should work. i'll have another 40 GB HD on F: ssome "T-Online" wrote in message ... On the first Partition runs Win98 Se. Because Win98 Se not runs on the second Partition (not bootable),I have insalled WinXP Pro. ssome schrieb: i now have the new fdisk, maybe that will work. the orig fdisk didn't work on an new WD 80 on a new P5, 2.6 MHz machine until i dwnlded the WD util from their site. When you partitioned the 250 in half, were both partitions then viable HDs with win 98SE? ssome "T-Online" wrote in message ... I've tested it. On my 250 GB drive and my 80 GB drive Fdisk runs. I wonder why it runs not at your system. ssome schrieb: So partitioning a big drive and assigning it to D and E (and F) would be fine with win 98 SE on another C: drive. If the new drive was the only drive then win would have to be installed on the first partition, to recap. it would seem wrong to get a big (200+ GB) drive and only use the first 120 GB of it and let the rest go unused as suggested by the above msgs. An interesting point here. i bought a new P5, 2.6 GHz machine and win 98SE would not let the old fdisk work on the new drive. i had to go to the WD HD site and get 2 utils that let me fdisk and format the new 80 GB drive. One was a DOS file if there wasn't win 98 already in that machine and the other file was a win 98 file that would setup the new HD if win 98 was already installed. i hope other HD mfgrs also do this. i got a new fdisk and win 98Me defrag. ssome "T-Online" wrote in message ... You can use Partitions smaller 137 Gb! If you want to run Win98,you must install it on the partition at the beginning of the D iskspace. ssome schrieb: Where does it say that you can't partition a 240 GB drive into two valid 120s? a 360 into 3 ea 120s? also, we use defrag from win 98 Me, are there other Me files we can use on win 98SE? ssome "USR" wrote in message news:VoadnVrfn7yN8O7YnZ2dnUVZ_sWdnZ2d@magma .ca... Thanks for the links guys.... ... so, I guess as long as I don't create more then one partition and make it less then 127GBs in size, Win98SE should have no problems...in theory .... I'll post back once I get the drive. "Jon_Hildrum" wrote in message ... try rhis place too for information http://www.48bitlba.com/ -- Jon Hildrum www.hildrum.com "Touch Base" wrote in message l... "USR" wrote in message ... | Hello: | | I know that there is a limitation in Win98SE with regard to hard drive size | greater then 120GB. My question is, if I put a 320GB hard drive in an SE | box but only create a partition of 120GB or less, will I still run into | problems? | | TIA | some information; http://www.hexff.com/w98_hd.php |
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Hard drive larger then 120GB question
i'm running 3 HDs on two machines now, both with win 98SE
i run the 3rd HD on the secondary cable along with the CDR; slower this way, but extra mem is worth it. use it for storage and not interactive apps. the big question is: after partitioning the 250 into, hopefully, 2 ea 125's will both partitions work in win 98 SE or will only the first partition work and the remaining part of the new HD go to waste until i install Vista? Win is installed on a sep drive, C: drive, the 80GB. ssome "T-Online" wrote in message ... $80 is a normal price for it. The Hd's are all IDE? If so,you can install the new Hd just,if you have an additional Hd-controller or you have a S-ata slot,but then you must buy a S-ata HD instead of an IDE Hd. Reason: You can install not more than two HD's on an IDE slot. ssome schrieb: i just went online shopping for a 250 GB WD HD. most places it was about $80, but WALMART charged $137! Tiger Direct had it for $80 with a $20 rebate. i will keep my 80GB HD in C: with win98SE already on it and place the new HD fdisked into 2 partitions on D and E of 125GB each. should work. i'll have another 40 GB HD on F: ssome "T-Online" wrote in message ... On the first Partition runs Win98 Se. Because Win98 Se not runs on the second Partition (not bootable),I have insalled WinXP Pro. ssome schrieb: i now have the new fdisk, maybe that will work. the orig fdisk didn't work on an new WD 80 on a new P5, 2.6 MHz machine until i dwnlded the WD util from their site. When you partitioned the 250 in half, were both partitions then viable HDs with win 98SE? ssome "T-Online" wrote in message ... I've tested it. On my 250 GB drive and my 80 GB drive Fdisk runs. I wonder why it runs not at your system. ssome schrieb: So partitioning a big drive and assigning it to D and E (and F) would be fine with win 98 SE on another C: drive. If the new drive was the only drive then win would have to be installed on the first partition, to recap. it would seem wrong to get a big (200+ GB) drive and only use the first 120 GB of it and let the rest go unused as suggested by the above msgs. An interesting point here. i bought a new P5, 2.6 GHz machine and win 98SE would not let the old fdisk work on the new drive. i had to go to the WD HD site and get 2 utils that let me fdisk and format the new 80 GB drive. One was a DOS file if there wasn't win 98 already in that machine and the other file was a win 98 file that would setup the new HD if win 98 was already installed. i hope other HD mfgrs also do this. i got a new fdisk and win 98Me defrag. ssome "T-Online" wrote in message ... You can use Partitions smaller 137 Gb! If you want to run Win98,you must install it on the partition at the beginning of the D iskspace. ssome schrieb: Where does it say that you can't partition a 240 GB drive into two valid 120s? a 360 into 3 ea 120s? also, we use defrag from win 98 Me, are there other Me files we can use on win 98SE? ssome "USR" wrote in message news:VoadnVrfn7yN8O7YnZ2dnUVZ_sWdnZ2d@magma .ca... Thanks for the links guys.... ... so, I guess as long as I don't create more then one partition and make it less then 127GBs in size, Win98SE should have no problems...in theory .... I'll post back once I get the drive. "Jon_Hildrum" wrote in message ... try rhis place too for information http://www.48bitlba.com/ -- Jon Hildrum www.hildrum.com "Touch Base" wrote in message l... "USR" wrote in message ... | Hello: | | I know that there is a limitation in Win98SE with regard to hard drive size | greater then 120GB. My question is, if I put a 320GB hard drive in an SE | box but only create a partition of 120GB or less, will I still run into | problems? | | TIA | some information; http://www.hexff.com/w98_hd.php |
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Hard drive larger then 120GB question
i'm running 3 HDs on two machines now, both with win 98SE
i run the 3rd HD on the secondary cable along with the CDR; slower this way, but extra mem is worth it. use it for storage and not interactive apps. the big question is: after partitioning the 250 into, hopefully, 2 ea 125's will both partitions work in win 98 SE or will only the first partition work and the remaining part of the new HD go to waste until i install Vista? Win is installed on a sep drive, C: drive, the 80GB. ssome "T-Online" wrote in message ... $80 is a normal price for it. The Hd's are all IDE? If so,you can install the new Hd just,if you have an additional Hd-controller or you have a S-ata slot,but then you must buy a S-ata HD instead of an IDE Hd. Reason: You can install not more than two HD's on an IDE slot. ssome schrieb: i just went online shopping for a 250 GB WD HD. most places it was about $80, but WALMART charged $137! Tiger Direct had it for $80 with a $20 rebate. i will keep my 80GB HD in C: with win98SE already on it and place the new HD fdisked into 2 partitions on D and E of 125GB each. should work. i'll have another 40 GB HD on F: ssome "T-Online" wrote in message ... On the first Partition runs Win98 Se. Because Win98 Se not runs on the second Partition (not bootable),I have insalled WinXP Pro. ssome schrieb: i now have the new fdisk, maybe that will work. the orig fdisk didn't work on an new WD 80 on a new P5, 2.6 MHz machine until i dwnlded the WD util from their site. When you partitioned the 250 in half, were both partitions then viable HDs with win 98SE? ssome "T-Online" wrote in message ... I've tested it. On my 250 GB drive and my 80 GB drive Fdisk runs. I wonder why it runs not at your system. ssome schrieb: So partitioning a big drive and assigning it to D and E (and F) would be fine with win 98 SE on another C: drive. If the new drive was the only drive then win would have to be installed on the first partition, to recap. it would seem wrong to get a big (200+ GB) drive and only use the first 120 GB of it and let the rest go unused as suggested by the above msgs. An interesting point here. i bought a new P5, 2.6 GHz machine and win 98SE would not let the old fdisk work on the new drive. i had to go to the WD HD site and get 2 utils that let me fdisk and format the new 80 GB drive. One was a DOS file if there wasn't win 98 already in that machine and the other file was a win 98 file that would setup the new HD if win 98 was already installed. i hope other HD mfgrs also do this. i got a new fdisk and win 98Me defrag. ssome "T-Online" wrote in message ... You can use Partitions smaller 137 Gb! If you want to run Win98,you must install it on the partition at the beginning of the D iskspace. ssome schrieb: Where does it say that you can't partition a 240 GB drive into two valid 120s? a 360 into 3 ea 120s? also, we use defrag from win 98 Me, are there other Me files we can use on win 98SE? ssome "USR" wrote in message news:VoadnVrfn7yN8O7YnZ2dnUVZ_sWdnZ2d@magma .ca... Thanks for the links guys.... ... so, I guess as long as I don't create more then one partition and make it less then 127GBs in size, Win98SE should have no problems...in theory .... I'll post back once I get the drive. "Jon_Hildrum" wrote in message ... try rhis place too for information http://www.48bitlba.com/ -- Jon Hildrum www.hildrum.com "Touch Base" wrote in message l... "USR" wrote in message ... | Hello: | | I know that there is a limitation in Win98SE with regard to hard drive size | greater then 120GB. My question is, if I put a 320GB hard drive in an SE | box but only create a partition of 120GB or less, will I still run into | problems? | | TIA | some information; http://www.hexff.com/w98_hd.php |
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Hard drive larger then 120GB question
Every partitions are readable.
ssome schrieb: i'm running 3 HDs on two machines now, both with win 98SE i run the 3rd HD on the secondary cable along with the CDR; slower this way, but extra mem is worth it. use it for storage and not interactive apps. the big question is: after partitioning the 250 into, hopefully, 2 ea 125's will both partitions work in win 98 SE or will only the first partition work and the remaining part of the new HD go to waste until i install Vista? Win is installed on a sep drive, C: drive, the 80GB. ssome "T-Online" wrote in message ... $80 is a normal price for it. The Hd's are all IDE? If so,you can install the new Hd just,if you have an additional Hd-controller or you have a S-ata slot,but then you must buy a S-ata HD instead of an IDE Hd. Reason: You can install not more than two HD's on an IDE slot. ssome schrieb: i just went online shopping for a 250 GB WD HD. most places it was about $80, but WALMART charged $137! Tiger Direct had it for $80 with a $20 rebate. i will keep my 80GB HD in C: with win98SE already on it and place the new HD fdisked into 2 partitions on D and E of 125GB each. should work. i'll have another 40 GB HD on F: ssome "T-Online" wrote in message ... On the first Partition runs Win98 Se. Because Win98 Se not runs on the second Partition (not bootable),I have insalled WinXP Pro. ssome schrieb: i now have the new fdisk, maybe that will work. the orig fdisk didn't work on an new WD 80 on a new P5, 2.6 MHz machine until i dwnlded the WD util from their site. When you partitioned the 250 in half, were both partitions then viable HDs with win 98SE? ssome "T-Online" wrote in message ... I've tested it. On my 250 GB drive and my 80 GB drive Fdisk runs. I wonder why it runs not at your system. ssome schrieb: So partitioning a big drive and assigning it to D and E (and F) would be fine with win 98 SE on another C: drive. If the new drive was the only drive then win would have to be installed on the first partition, to recap. it would seem wrong to get a big (200+ GB) drive and only use the first 120 GB of it and let the rest go unused as suggested by the above msgs. An interesting point here. i bought a new P5, 2.6 GHz machine and win 98SE would not let the old fdisk work on the new drive. i had to go to the WD HD site and get 2 utils that let me fdisk and format the new 80 GB drive. One was a DOS file if there wasn't win 98 already in that machine and the other file was a win 98 file that would setup the new HD if win 98 was already installed. i hope other HD mfgrs also do this. i got a new fdisk and win 98Me defrag. ssome "T-Online" wrote in message ... You can use Partitions smaller 137 Gb! If you want to run Win98,you must install it on the partition at the beginning of the D iskspace. ssome schrieb: Where does it say that you can't partition a 240 GB drive into two valid 120s? a 360 into 3 ea 120s? also, we use defrag from win 98 Me, are there other Me files we can use on win 98SE? ssome "USR" wrote in message news:VoadnVrfn7yN8O7YnZ2dnUVZ_sWdnZ2d@mag ma.ca... Thanks for the links guys.... ... so, I guess as long as I don't create more then one partition and make it less then 127GBs in size, Win98SE should have no problems...in theory .... I'll post back once I get the drive. "Jon_Hildrum" wrote in message bl... try rhis place too for information http://www.48bitlba.com/ -- Jon Hildrum www.hildrum.com "Touch Base" wrote in message . gbl... "USR" wrote in message ... | Hello: | | I know that there is a limitation in Win98SE with regard to hard drive size | greater then 120GB. My question is, if I put a 320GB hard drive in an SE | box but only create a partition of 120GB or less, will I still run into | problems? | | TIA | some information; http://www.hexff.com/w98_hd.php |
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Hard drive larger then 120GB question
Every partitions are readable.
ssome schrieb: i'm running 3 HDs on two machines now, both with win 98SE i run the 3rd HD on the secondary cable along with the CDR; slower this way, but extra mem is worth it. use it for storage and not interactive apps. the big question is: after partitioning the 250 into, hopefully, 2 ea 125's will both partitions work in win 98 SE or will only the first partition work and the remaining part of the new HD go to waste until i install Vista? Win is installed on a sep drive, C: drive, the 80GB. ssome "T-Online" wrote in message ... $80 is a normal price for it. The Hd's are all IDE? If so,you can install the new Hd just,if you have an additional Hd-controller or you have a S-ata slot,but then you must buy a S-ata HD instead of an IDE Hd. Reason: You can install not more than two HD's on an IDE slot. ssome schrieb: i just went online shopping for a 250 GB WD HD. most places it was about $80, but WALMART charged $137! Tiger Direct had it for $80 with a $20 rebate. i will keep my 80GB HD in C: with win98SE already on it and place the new HD fdisked into 2 partitions on D and E of 125GB each. should work. i'll have another 40 GB HD on F: ssome "T-Online" wrote in message ... On the first Partition runs Win98 Se. Because Win98 Se not runs on the second Partition (not bootable),I have insalled WinXP Pro. ssome schrieb: i now have the new fdisk, maybe that will work. the orig fdisk didn't work on an new WD 80 on a new P5, 2.6 MHz machine until i dwnlded the WD util from their site. When you partitioned the 250 in half, were both partitions then viable HDs with win 98SE? ssome "T-Online" wrote in message ... I've tested it. On my 250 GB drive and my 80 GB drive Fdisk runs. I wonder why it runs not at your system. ssome schrieb: So partitioning a big drive and assigning it to D and E (and F) would be fine with win 98 SE on another C: drive. If the new drive was the only drive then win would have to be installed on the first partition, to recap. it would seem wrong to get a big (200+ GB) drive and only use the first 120 GB of it and let the rest go unused as suggested by the above msgs. An interesting point here. i bought a new P5, 2.6 GHz machine and win 98SE would not let the old fdisk work on the new drive. i had to go to the WD HD site and get 2 utils that let me fdisk and format the new 80 GB drive. One was a DOS file if there wasn't win 98 already in that machine and the other file was a win 98 file that would setup the new HD if win 98 was already installed. i hope other HD mfgrs also do this. i got a new fdisk and win 98Me defrag. ssome "T-Online" wrote in message ... You can use Partitions smaller 137 Gb! If you want to run Win98,you must install it on the partition at the beginning of the D iskspace. ssome schrieb: Where does it say that you can't partition a 240 GB drive into two valid 120s? a 360 into 3 ea 120s? also, we use defrag from win 98 Me, are there other Me files we can use on win 98SE? ssome "USR" wrote in message news:VoadnVrfn7yN8O7YnZ2dnUVZ_sWdnZ2d@mag ma.ca... Thanks for the links guys.... ... so, I guess as long as I don't create more then one partition and make it less then 127GBs in size, Win98SE should have no problems...in theory .... I'll post back once I get the drive. "Jon_Hildrum" wrote in message bl... try rhis place too for information http://www.48bitlba.com/ -- Jon Hildrum www.hildrum.com "Touch Base" wrote in message . gbl... "USR" wrote in message ... | Hello: | | I know that there is a limitation in Win98SE with regard to hard drive size | greater then 120GB. My question is, if I put a 320GB hard drive in an SE | box but only create a partition of 120GB or less, will I still run into | problems? | | TIA | some information; http://www.hexff.com/w98_hd.php |
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Hard drive larger then 120GB question
"ssome" wrote in message
. .. i'm running 3 HDs on two machines now, both with win 98SE i run the 3rd HD on the secondary cable along with the CDR; slower this way, but extra mem is worth it. use it for storage and not interactive apps. [] I thought that bit about "same cable as CDR makes it slower" was only true for IDE, not EIDE? (If not, then what _is_ the "enhancement" the E stands for?) [True IDE-only drives are years ago - I am pretty sure even CDRs have been EIDE for many years.] |
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