UPGRADING REPAIRING PCs

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Table 4.8 Drive Capacity Issues for Windows 95 and 98 Continued
Windows Drive Capacity
Version Limitation Fix
Windows 98 32GB and up Graphical version of ScanDisk lists errors
(all releases) for all sectors beyond 32GB on some systems
using Phoenix BIOS with BitShift IDE
drive translation.
See Microsoft online document Q243450
for download (Microsoft Knowledgebase).
Use command-line ScanDisk as a
workaround.
Windows 98 64GB and up Drive works at full capacity, but FDISK
(all releases) reports capacity as 64GB lower than actual;
see Microsoft online document Q263044 for
patch download instructions.
Windows 98 64GB and up FORMAT run from command line reports
(all releases) capacity as 64GB lower than actual, but
FORMAT works correctly; use FORMAT
option within Windows Explorer as a
workaround. See Microsoft online document
Q263045.
Sources for BIOS Upgrades and
Alternatives for Large IDE Hard
Disk Support
If your BIOS doesn’t support the full capacity of your hard disk, use
Table 4.9 to choose your best solution.
Table 4.9 Sources for BIOS and Alternative Support for Large
Hard Drives
Solution Benefits Cost Concerns
Upgrade BIOS. Best all- Free if BIOS Be sure to correctly
around is Flash type identify your system or
solution to and is motherboard before
hard disk supported by installing the upgrade;
and other motherboard test afterward (see
support or system Chapter 3 for details).
issues. maker.
If BIOS is no See Chapter 3 for
longer sources and system
supported by
MB or
manufacturer,
purchase
upgrade.
details.