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Old June 30th 08, 09:01 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.disks.general
sen
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Default what is the max. size of a HDD partition under FAT32 file system?

I have a 80 GB HDD. I want to install windows 98 in it. Can I use FDISK
command from the win 98 booting floppy ( I have read that for HDD 64GB, it
does not display correct HDD size ) ? What should be the max. size of a
partition that FAT32 can support ?
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Old June 30th 08, 10:00 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.disks.general
Gary S. Terhune[_2_]
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Default what is the max. size of a HDD partition under FAT32 file system?

See:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/263044/en-us
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/327202

I *believe* the largest partition (no matter what tool is used) that Windows
98 can run on is ~137 GB, but if I'm wrong, someone will come along and
correct me.

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"Sen" wrote in message
...
I have a 80 GB HDD. I want to install windows 98 in it. Can I use FDISK
command from the win 98 booting floppy ( I have read that for HDD 64GB,
it
does not display correct HDD size ) ? What should be the max. size of a
partition that FAT32 can support ?



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Old June 30th 08, 10:00 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.disks.general
Gary S. Terhune[_2_]
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Default what is the max. size of a HDD partition under FAT32 file system?

See:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/263044/en-us
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/327202

I *believe* the largest partition (no matter what tool is used) that Windows
98 can run on is ~137 GB, but if I'm wrong, someone will come along and
correct me.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"Sen" wrote in message
...
I have a 80 GB HDD. I want to install windows 98 in it. Can I use FDISK
command from the win 98 booting floppy ( I have read that for HDD 64GB,
it
does not display correct HDD size ) ? What should be the max. size of a
partition that FAT32 can support ?



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Old July 1st 08, 11:20 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.disks.general
philo
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Default what is the max. size of a HDD partition under FAT32 file system?


"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
See:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/263044/en-us
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/327202

I *believe* the largest partition (no matter what tool is used) that

Windows
98 can run on is ~137 GB, but if I'm wrong, someone will come along and
correct me.



Here is what Microsoft says

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;184006


IIRC I think you can have a larger drive but you'd need third party
utilities to replace
scandisk and defrag...such as the Win98 version of Norton.
Of course to install Windows on a large drive, setup would have to be run
with the switch specifying
not running scan disk


Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"Sen" wrote in message
...
I have a 80 GB HDD. I want to install windows 98 in it. Can I use FDISK
command from the win 98 booting floppy ( I have read that for HDD

64GB,
it
does not display correct HDD size ) ? What should be the max. size of a
partition that FAT32 can support ?





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Old July 1st 08, 11:20 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.disks.general
philo
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Default what is the max. size of a HDD partition under FAT32 file system?


"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
See:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/263044/en-us
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/327202

I *believe* the largest partition (no matter what tool is used) that

Windows
98 can run on is ~137 GB, but if I'm wrong, someone will come along and
correct me.



Here is what Microsoft says

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;184006


IIRC I think you can have a larger drive but you'd need third party
utilities to replace
scandisk and defrag...such as the Win98 version of Norton.
Of course to install Windows on a large drive, setup would have to be run
with the switch specifying
not running scan disk


Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"Sen" wrote in message
...
I have a 80 GB HDD. I want to install windows 98 in it. Can I use FDISK
command from the win 98 booting floppy ( I have read that for HDD

64GB,
it
does not display correct HDD size ) ? What should be the max. size of a
partition that FAT32 can support ?





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Old July 8th 08, 03:28 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.disks.general
98 Guy
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Default what is the max. size of a HDD partition under FAT32 file system?

Sen wrote:

What should be the max. size of a partition that FAT32 can support?


Look he

Cluster size and exploring the limits of FAT-32

posted to this news-group in Feb/2007

http://groups.google.com/group/micro...0e53eea1ce2fbf

Or, if that link is too long, try this:

http://tinyurl.com/6crjr7

A summary of that thread can be found he

http://tinyurl.com/6pdfpe

A related thread is this:

Windows 98 large file-count tests on large volume (500 gb hard drive)

http://tinyurl.com/5g3vya

The DOS FDISK (updated version) and FORMAT tools can correctly partition
and format hard drives up to (and probably exceeding) 500 gb in size.

The bottom line is that Win-98se can comfortably handle 500 gb hard
drives (and probably larger) even when formatted as a single partition -
BUT ONLY if the drive in question is NOT being controlled by the native
32-bit windows driver (ESDI_506.PDR).

There are 2 ways to insure that ESDI_506 is not being used for drive
access:

1) by using a SATA hard drive configured in RAID mode (not PATA/IDE
"re-map" mode)

2) by using a SATA or PATA drive connected to a third-party PCI
controller card which comes with it's own replacement for ESDI_506.PDR.
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Old July 8th 08, 03:28 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.disks.general
98 Guy
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Default what is the max. size of a HDD partition under FAT32 file system?

Sen wrote:

What should be the max. size of a partition that FAT32 can support?


Look he

Cluster size and exploring the limits of FAT-32

posted to this news-group in Feb/2007

http://groups.google.com/group/micro...0e53eea1ce2fbf

Or, if that link is too long, try this:

http://tinyurl.com/6crjr7

A summary of that thread can be found he

http://tinyurl.com/6pdfpe

A related thread is this:

Windows 98 large file-count tests on large volume (500 gb hard drive)

http://tinyurl.com/5g3vya

The DOS FDISK (updated version) and FORMAT tools can correctly partition
and format hard drives up to (and probably exceeding) 500 gb in size.

The bottom line is that Win-98se can comfortably handle 500 gb hard
drives (and probably larger) even when formatted as a single partition -
BUT ONLY if the drive in question is NOT being controlled by the native
32-bit windows driver (ESDI_506.PDR).

There are 2 ways to insure that ESDI_506 is not being used for drive
access:

1) by using a SATA hard drive configured in RAID mode (not PATA/IDE
"re-map" mode)

2) by using a SATA or PATA drive connected to a third-party PCI
controller card which comes with it's own replacement for ESDI_506.PDR.
 




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