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Partition & Format HDD in Newer PC, Install it in Old PC
Hi,
I have a 750 Meg HDD which I would like to install in an old Compaq 386 PC with Dos 6.22. The 386 BIOS only "sees" 520M. If I put the HDD in one of my newer PCs, using a Dos 6.22 boot floppy disk (with Fdisk & Format), partition it into two logical drives, C: with about 520M, and D: with the remainder, if I install that HDD in the 386, will I have any trouble accessing both logical drives? Thanks in advance, Brad Before you type your password, credit card number, etc., be sure there is no active key logger (spyware) in your PC. |
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Partition & Format HDD in Newer PC, Install it in Old PC
"Brad" wrote in message ... Hi, I have a 750 Meg HDD which I would like to install in an old Compaq 386 PC with Dos 6.22. The 386 BIOS only "sees" 520M. If I put the HDD in one of my newer PCs, using a Dos 6.22 boot floppy disk (with Fdisk & Format), partition it into two logical drives, C: with about 520M, and D: with the remainder, if I install that HDD in the 386, will I have any trouble accessing both logical drives? if the bios does not "see" the additional space... dos won't either...so you may want to use drive overlay software such as ezbios in the unlikely event that you will be using win95 on that 386... windows *can* see partitions unrecognized by the bios |
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