Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 17:52:41 +0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] David's Hitachi 20GB HDD
> Installs a small program into sector 0 of the master boot record on your > HD. When the PC boots, it loads this in, overlays the old BIOS Int13 > calls that don't work, and lets you correctly see the full HD size >8.4GB. > > You can deinstall and install it over and over again on >8.4GB HDs with > partitions below the 8.4GB boundary working just fine if they were created > already before installation. I've tried this and it works fine for me > booting into Win98SE with or without it as a primary 4GB partition created > on the HD before installing it. > > All partitions created after it is installed above the 8.4GB boundary will > be invisible when the software is removed from the HD. > They'll show up again if you put it back in. > > Does not affect system BIOS at all. So in a scenario where you had the above utility installed on a 'Big' HDD (20GB, 30GB, 40GB, whatever), and then the system detected that it was over-heating, where would the resulting "hardware" hibernate (ie the one that can't be disabled) be written? ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
