[simpits-tech] harddrive problems

[Gene Buckle]

> I just bought a 40 gig drive. I am useing a win 98 SE boot disk and when
> I give it a primary dos partition it shows it as only a 5 gig drive. can
> Win 98 not handle 40 gig?
>
>  Can it be that it is because it is on an old Athlon 650? Or is that
> evan a factor.
>  Windows installs on the drive but it bites only being able to 5 gig on
> a 40 gig drive.
>  The drive wont show up at all on a k62 350, which is my internet
> machine until I get another motherboard for it.

The max Win98 can see is 32GB AFAIK.  I had a similar problem a long time
ago.  Your best bet is to use Win2k or download EZ-Drive if it's a WD
drive or OnTrack if it's seagate.

g.