Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 17:00:32 -0800 (PST)
From: Matt Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Starting over: W98 on >8GB HDD w/o EZ-Drive
Seems I should be able to get a copy of Windows 98 set up on the C: drive
of this 40GB HDD without EZ-Drive overlay in a way that it can deal with
files & folders properly on partitions above the 8GB barrier.
Can a few people who've set up Win98 their Libbys with >8GB HDDs confirm
that W98 from a partition <8GB can run scandisk on partitions >8GB, and not
have scandisk see file/folder problems that it doesn't with drive overly
installed?
There have been numerous posts on the subject of installing W98 without
EZ-Drive, so it seems most people aren't seeing the problems I've been
seeing with this dual-boot setup for W98 and W2K.
If I recall correctly, setting up W98 on a >8GB HDD with out EZ-Drive goes
basically like this:
* Use FDISK to create the biggest partition it can see
* Format the partition FAT32
* Copy the W98 installation folder \Win98 to C: in a desktop
* Put the drive in the Lib and install W98
* Put the drive in desktop and make a partition or space for Lib
hibernation
* Create whatever number partitions you want >8GB
* Put drive back in Lib, and W98 should then be able to handle files &
folders on partition >8GB
I think that's basically what I did at one point, and I don't recall having
scandisk run into the problems I've been seeing with my setup now where it
finds corrupted files and folders. I know that Partition Magic wouldn't be
able to see past 8GB without EZ-Drive.
But it seems scandisk had no problems with such a setup. Right?
Matt
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