Hard drive larger then 120GB question

**98 Guy** · May 19th 07, 01:38 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance

"J. P. Gilliver" wrote:

http://www.msfn.org/board/Enable48Bi...er_t78592.html

Unfortunately, when attempting to download the new file(s) from the
links in that article, one is denied access.

I just tried it, and it works fine.

This is the link for the Win-98 SE version:

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?...=post&id=13558

You are probably being blocked by your own AV software or some other
browser protection mechanism. You need to turn that off (probably).

**J. P. Gilliver** · May 23rd 07, 08:39 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance

"98 Guy" wrote in message ...
"J. P. Gilliver" wrote:

http://www.msfn.org/board/Enable48Bi...er_t78592.html

Unfortunately, when attempting to download the new file(s) from the
links in that article, one is denied access.

I just tried it, and it works fine.

This is the link for the Win-98 SE version:

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?...=post&id=13558

You are probably being blocked by your own AV software or some other
browser protection mechanism. You need to turn that off (probably).

No, the link to 4102226F.ZIP - the one that goes to a URL ending in
id=13558 - takes me to
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?...=post&id=13558.
Both that and the link you posted bring up a different page, from MSFN,
titled "Board Message", and containing

(start extract)
Board Message
Sorry, an error occurred. If you are unsure on how to use a feature, or
don't know why you got this error message, try looking through the help
files for more information.

The error returned was:
Sorry, but you do not have permission to use this feature. If you are not
logged in, you may do so using the form below if available.

You are not logged in, you may log in below
Your account username

Your account password
(end extract)

(I don't know how that's come over; I thought I was writing plain text, but
OE thinks different!).

Anyway, the indication is that it is definitely MSFN, rather than anything
local to me, that's blocking the access.

Is it possible that you are a trusted person (or IP) by MSFN, and thus not
getting the message?

Given the tiny size (~14k!) of the files, maybe someone could post them
somewhere else?

**J. P. Gilliver** · May 23rd 07, 08:39 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance

"98 Guy" wrote in message ...
"J. P. Gilliver" wrote:

http://www.msfn.org/board/Enable48Bi...er_t78592.html

Unfortunately, when attempting to download the new file(s) from the
links in that article, one is denied access.

I just tried it, and it works fine.

This is the link for the Win-98 SE version:

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?...=post&id=13558

You are probably being blocked by your own AV software or some other
browser protection mechanism. You need to turn that off (probably).

No, the link to 4102226F.ZIP - the one that goes to a URL ending in
id=13558 - takes me to
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?...=post&id=13558.
Both that and the link you posted bring up a different page, from MSFN,
titled "Board Message", and containing

(start extract)
Board Message
Sorry, an error occurred. If you are unsure on how to use a feature, or
don't know why you got this error message, try looking through the help
files for more information.

The error returned was:
Sorry, but you do not have permission to use this feature. If you are not
logged in, you may do so using the form below if available.

You are not logged in, you may log in below
Your account username

Your account password
(end extract)

(I don't know how that's come over; I thought I was writing plain text, but
OE thinks different!).

Anyway, the indication is that it is definitely MSFN, rather than anything
local to me, that's blocking the access.

Is it possible that you are a trusted person (or IP) by MSFN, and thus not
getting the message?

Given the tiny size (~14k!) of the files, maybe someone could post them
somewhere else?

**98 Guy** · May 26th 07, 03:24 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance

**98 Guy** · May 26th 07, 03:24 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance

**J. P. Gilliver** · May 30th 07, 05:16 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance

"98 Guy" wrote in message ...
"J. P. Gilliver" wrote:

Given the tiny size (~14k!) of the files, maybe someone could
post them somewhere else?

Try this:

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/5/...604/readme.txt
[etc.]

Thanks for those.

I had to smile, when I tried the readme.txt, and got

Access to this resource has been blocked to all users in compliance with
company policy.

(I got it for one other I tried too.)

Forwarded to home ... (-:

**J. P. Gilliver** · May 30th 07, 05:16 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance

"98 Guy" wrote in message ...
"J. P. Gilliver" wrote:

Given the tiny size (~14k!) of the files, maybe someone could
post them somewhere else?

Try this:

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/5/...604/readme.txt
[etc.]

Thanks for those.

I had to smile, when I tried the readme.txt, and got

Access to this resource has been blocked to all users in compliance with
company policy.

(I got it for one other I tried too.)

Forwarded to home ... (-:

**ssome** · June 18th 07, 11:52 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance

OK, here it is
it can't be done w/o MSoft updating 98 SE

98 simply does not 'see' beyond 120 GB, non addressable.

when i arranged to format in win 98 SE a 250 GB HD, i ran into scandisk and
defrag problems right away; and when i started to fill up the HD beyond 120
GB and ran out of 98 addressable space, it over-wrote the old Saved files
with the new Saved files. Thus, making life difficult.

get the PCI HD extender card and a bunch, 6, of 120 GB HDs if you want space
and 98 SE.
if you use a HD 120 GB just format it to 120 GB and think of it as being
usable later when MSoft reduces its price, cleans up and protects an OS
beyond 98.

30% of all computers still run win 98; why doesn't MSoft realize this and
revamp it leaving out the spy and phone-home crap? I'd pay $25-35 for such
a CD.

ssome

"J. P. Gilliver" wrote in message
...
"98 Guy" wrote in message ...
"J. P. Gilliver" wrote:

Given the tiny size (~14k!) of the files, maybe someone could
post them somewhere else?

Try this:

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/5/...604/readme.txt
[etc.]

Thanks for those.

I had to smile, when I tried the readme.txt, and got

Access to this resource has been blocked to all users in compliance with
company policy.

(I got it for one other I tried too.)

Forwarded to home ... (-:

**ssome** · June 18th 07, 11:52 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance

OK, here it is
it can't be done w/o MSoft updating 98 SE

98 simply does not 'see' beyond 120 GB, non addressable.

when i arranged to format in win 98 SE a 250 GB HD, i ran into scandisk and
defrag problems right away; and when i started to fill up the HD beyond 120
GB and ran out of 98 addressable space, it over-wrote the old Saved files
with the new Saved files. Thus, making life difficult.

get the PCI HD extender card and a bunch, 6, of 120 GB HDs if you want space
and 98 SE.
if you use a HD 120 GB just format it to 120 GB and think of it as being
usable later when MSoft reduces its price, cleans up and protects an OS
beyond 98.

30% of all computers still run win 98; why doesn't MSoft realize this and
revamp it leaving out the spy and phone-home crap? I'd pay $25-35 for such
a CD.

ssome

"J. P. Gilliver" wrote in message
...
"98 Guy" wrote in message ...
"J. P. Gilliver" wrote:

Given the tiny size (~14k!) of the files, maybe someone could
post them somewhere else?

Try this:

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/5/...604/readme.txt
[etc.]

Thanks for those.

I had to smile, when I tried the readme.txt, and got

Access to this resource has been blocked to all users in compliance with
company policy.

(I got it for one other I tried too.)

Forwarded to home ... (-:

**98 Guy** · June 19th 07, 04:07 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance

ssome wrote:

OK, here it is
it can't be done w/o MSoft updating 98 SE

98 simply does not 'see' beyond 120 GB, non addressable.

You are wrong. I've installed 98se on a 160 gb SATA hard drive,
formatted as a single partition, with 4 kb cluster size (resulting in
40 million clusters, way beyond the stated maximum of 4.17 million
clusters).

You are right about windows defrag and scandisk - but you can get the
windows-me versions of those and they work just fine on win-98.

Dos scandisk works ok as well on a 160 gb drive.

Once I installed win-98 on a 160 gb drive, I repeatedly copied a 40-gb
directory tree containing 1 gb DVD vob files until I filled the
drive. So I want past the 128gb point on the drive and no corruption
occurred. This is because the drive was attached to SATA port-0 and
controlled by the on-board SATA controller and NOT re-mapped as an IDE
drive.

If Win-98se is using it's native ESDI_506.PDR to control your hard
drive, then you can't use a drive larger than 128 gb. That means any
IDE drive larger than 128 gb won't work unless you obtain a modified
ESDI_506.PDR. If you have a SATA drive, then the drive must be used
in "SATA" or "RaID" mode, not re-mapped as an IDE drive.

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