[SOLVED] W98 hard drive limits

sjb007 · 10-03-2008, 06:14 AM

Hi all

I have a freind at work who has an old laptop running Windows 98, however his Hard Drive has given up the ghost and died and he has asked me to replace the drive, ide just like to check on what drive size win98 is limited to, I know that XP without service packs is limited to 137gb so I have a feeling that win 98 is lower. I dont want to grab a drive for example 120gb when only half of it is useable under the operating system.

Regards

gtk29 · 10-03-2008, 04:35 PM

Windows 98 SE supports partitions of upto 128GB.

sjb007 · 10-03-2008, 05:23 PM

Hi gtk29 - Thanks for the info

**blah789** · 10-03-2008, 07:45 PM

If you want to partition the full 128GB, you'll need this patch from Microsoft though
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/263044
The format command might display the incorrect size while formatting, but that's only a cosmetic error
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/263045/EN-US/

You may also want to patch scandisk (for graphical mode)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/243450

I don't know about the command-line version of scandisk, but if it doesn't work, you may need to disable it (in case of a bad shutdown and it runs at startup)

sjb007 · 10-05-2008, 12:11 PM

@blah789

Thanks for the additional info, hopefully im planning on putting around an 80Gb inside so it wont need the patch you mentioned.

**blah789** · 10-09-2008, 08:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sjb007

@blah789

Thanks for the additional info, hopefully im planning on putting around an 80Gb inside so it wont need the patch you mentioned.

Actually the patch is for drives between 64GB and 128GB, so you would need it.

Fdisk Does Not Recognize Full Size of Hard Disks Larger than 64 GB

sjb007 · 10-09-2008, 09:48 AM

Thanks blah - Will bear that in mind

10-03-2008, 06:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
sjb007 Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Lincoln UK Posts: 1,410 OS: Vista Premium 64bit My System	[SOLVED] W98 hard drive limits Hi all I have a freind at work who has an old laptop running Windows 98, however his Hard Drive has given up the ghost and died and he has asked me to replace the drive, ide just like to check on what drive size win98 is limited to, I know that XP without service packs is limited to 137gb so I have a feeling that win 98 is lower. I dont want to grab a drive for example 120gb when only half of it is useable under the operating system. Regards __________________ *Patience is a Virtue* Proud Member of ASAP & UNITE If we have helped you then please consider donating *TSF Folding@Home - Team 85015 (Steve007)*

10-03-2008, 04:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
gtk29 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 86 OS: Windows XP SP3	Re: W98 hard drive limits Windows 98 SE supports partitions of upto 128GB.

10-03-2008, 05:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
sjb007 Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Lincoln UK Posts: 1,410 OS: Vista Premium 64bit My System	Re: W98 hard drive limits Hi gtk29 - Thanks for the info __________________ *Patience is a Virtue* Proud Member of ASAP & UNITE If we have helped you then please consider donating *TSF Folding@Home - Team 85015 (Steve007)*

10-03-2008, 07:45 PM	#4 (permalink)
blah789 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,287 OS: Windows 2000 SP4 and Windows XP SP3	Re: W98 hard drive limits If you want to partition the full 128GB, you'll need this patch from Microsoft though http://support.microsoft.com/kb/263044 The format command might display the incorrect size while formatting, but that's only a cosmetic error http://support.microsoft.com/kb/263045/EN-US/ You may also want to patch scandisk (for graphical mode) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/243450 I don't know about the command-line version of scandisk, but if it doesn't work, you may need to disable it (in case of a bad shutdown and it runs at startup)

10-05-2008, 12:11 PM	#5 (permalink)
sjb007 Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Lincoln UK Posts: 1,410 OS: Vista Premium 64bit My System	Re: W98 hard drive limits @blah789 Thanks for the additional info, hopefully im planning on putting around an 80Gb inside so it wont need the patch you mentioned. __________________ *Patience is a Virtue* Proud Member of ASAP & UNITE If we have helped you then please consider donating *TSF Folding@Home - Team 85015 (Steve007)*

10-09-2008, 09:48 AM	#7 (permalink)
sjb007 Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Lincoln UK Posts: 1,410 OS: Vista Premium 64bit My System	Re: [SOLVED] W98 hard drive limits Thanks blah - Will bear that in mind __________________ *Patience is a Virtue* Proud Member of ASAP & UNITE If we have helped you then please consider donating *TSF Folding@Home - Team 85015 (Steve007)*