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250GB HD under Win 98SE
Can Windows 98SE correctly access a 250GB hard drive that
uses 48-bit logical block addressing, provided that I hook the drive up through a Promise PCI controller card? I have purchased a Western Digital 250GB drive and their recommended Promise controller card, but have yet to open the drive to attempt installation as I've received very mixed feedback about what is possible under W98SE with drives this size. Details regarding any necessary patches or other isssues to be aware of would be most appreciated. Thank you |
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My understanding is that Win98SE will recognize a maximum of 137 GB in a
harddrive. -- DaveW "SS" wrote in message ... Can Windows 98SE correctly access a 250GB hard drive that uses 48-bit logical block addressing, provided that I hook the drive up through a Promise PCI controller card? I have purchased a Western Digital 250GB drive and their recommended Promise controller card, but have yet to open the drive to attempt installation as I've received very mixed feedback about what is possible under W98SE with drives this size. Details regarding any necessary patches or other isssues to be aware of would be most appreciated. Thank you |
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On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 11:50:27 -0500, Knowing that it was a Hollywood
invention that lemmings jump off cliffs "SS" wrote : Can Windows 98SE correctly access a 250GB hard drive that uses 48-bit logical block addressing, provided that I hook the drive up through a Promise PCI controller card? I have purchased a Western Digital 250GB drive and their recommended Promise controller card, but have yet to open the drive to attempt installation as I've received very mixed feedback about what is possible under W98SE with drives this size. Details regarding any necessary patches or other isssues to be aware of would be most appreciated. Thank you You can try here, http://members.bellatlantic.net/~mrscary/fdisk.htm http://www.techspot.com/vb/showthread/t-199.html If your hardware supports the new larger drives you may get away without a controller card. HTH -- Free Windows/PC help, http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/trouble.html email shepATpartyheld.de Free songs download, http://www.soundclick.com/bands/8/nomessiahsmusic.htm |
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I thought WD included a controller card WITH the retail package for just
this reason. I know their 160GB SE (with the 8 MB buffer/3-yr warranty) includes it! "SS" wrote in message ... Can Windows 98SE correctly access a 250GB hard drive that uses 48-bit logical block addressing, provided that I hook the drive up through a Promise PCI controller card? I have purchased a Western Digital 250GB drive and their recommended Promise controller card, but have yet to open the drive to attempt installation as I've received very mixed feedback about what is possible under W98SE with drives this size. Details regarding any necessary patches or other isssues to be aware of would be most appreciated. Thank you |
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Yes, they did include the card with a few of their earlier retail drives,
but strangely, the retail version of the 250GB drive comes sans-controller card. But I've got it up and running now, and all seems to be well. I broke the drive into 3 (roughly) 80GB partitions and everything is working going through the Promise card. "Andrew" wrote in message ... I thought WD included a controller card WITH the retail package for just this reason. I know their 160GB SE (with the 8 MB buffer/3-yr warranty) includes it! "SS" wrote in message ... Can Windows 98SE correctly access a 250GB hard drive that uses 48-bit logical block addressing, provided that I hook the drive up through a Promise PCI controller card? I have purchased a Western Digital 250GB drive and their recommended Promise controller card, but have yet to open the drive to attempt installation as I've received very mixed feedback about what is possible under W98SE with drives this size. Details regarding any necessary patches or other isssues to be aware of would be most appreciated. Thank you |
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I just installed a 160GB Samsung SP1614N hard drive with windows 98 using
the motherboards primary IDE channel with no problems. I used microsoft's updated Fdisk, which can partition the drive correctly but just can't display the size correctly as it's display is limited to 5 digits so it was showing at something like 15625MBs instead of 156250MBs but I was still able to partition it into two equal parts which it then did display correctly. Either way Win98SE had no problems with it. "SS" wrote in message ... Yes, they did include the card with a few of their earlier retail drives, but strangely, the retail version of the 250GB drive comes sans-controller card. But I've got it up and running now, and all seems to be well. I broke the drive into 3 (roughly) 80GB partitions and everything is working going through the Promise card. "Andrew" wrote in message ... I thought WD included a controller card WITH the retail package for just this reason. I know their 160GB SE (with the 8 MB buffer/3-yr warranty) includes it! "SS" wrote in message ... Can Windows 98SE correctly access a 250GB hard drive that uses 48-bit logical block addressing, provided that I hook the drive up through a Promise PCI controller card? I have purchased a Western Digital 250GB drive and their recommended Promise controller card, but have yet to open the drive to attempt installation as I've received very mixed feedback about what is possible under W98SE with drives this size. Details regarding any necessary patches or other isssues to be aware of would be most appreciated. Thank you |
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