Subj : Re: Large HDD For W95
To   : Paul Quinn
From : Ed Vance
Date : Thu Jun 09 2016 21:05:00

05-30-16 21:37 Paul Quinn wrote to Ed Vance about Large HDD For W95

 PQ> @MSGID: <574CBA44.14750.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>
 PQ> Hi! Ed,
Howdy! Paul,

 PQ> On 29 May 16 23:06, you wrote to All:

 EV> I am thinking about putting a HDD in an old W95 Notebook.

 EV> The 1.3 GB HDD that is in it has had problems and I quit using it
 EV> some time ago, but I've been thinking of changing the HDD out with
 EV> a larger one, but I have no idea how large of a HDD the W95 OS can
 EV> use.

 PQ> There are a lot of if-buts-maybes involved, Ed.  I've seen a few people
 PQ> guessing at 32Gb but I dunno about that as a hard-and-fast rule...

 PQ> I went back to the source, MS.  Have a look at:

 PQ>   https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/154997

 PQ> They're bound to know about their own business.  :)

Thanks for the Link.
I read it and clicked the links to two others and then a few hours later
I read three more articles on MS's site.

Looks like FAT32 HDD's for W95 OSR2 can be as large as 2TB.
I didn't think EIDE HDD's came that big.

I just want a few more than 1.3GB's when I replace it.

Thanks for the Heads Up.

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