*if* I can copy my -compressed using DriveSpace- 340 MB HDD, I am going to shop/look for a Maxtor, Conner, or WD 525 MB drive
(I only hope that my uncompressed 340 MB HDD plus all the uncompressed DOS files I have added since compressing the drive plus the necessary room for Win3.11, don't exceed 525 MB) (what is the necessary room for Windows 3.11?) thanks everyone for all your help and pateince andy p.s. I do hope I do indeed have an IDE controller... I am basing my belief that I have an IDE controller on the fact that I have a CD-ROM installed and the current 340 MB HDD was itself an upgrade from the machine's original drive(i.e.; either an ISA controller for IDE came with the original computer or was installed later) p.s.s. this all may be moot if I can't copy my 'HDD compressed with DriveSpace' or if I can my file needs exceed 525 MB... thanks again everyone On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Robert Wieland wrote: > Andy, > > You're going to need more help than I can give, but I just want to make > one point... in equipment of that vintage, you may have an IDE drive > controller, which has a hardware limit of accessing 525 meg on the hard > disk. To go to larger disks, you need to load a driver after boot, and > then use the larger disk as your D: drive. I have never heard of a > work-around which enables the boot C: disk to be over that 525 limit. > > You can use install and operate as C: a hard drive manufactured to be > larger than 525 meg, but your controller will be able to "see" only 525 of > space. > > This limitation is the difference between IDE and EIDE; the latter doesn't > have it. > > If I were doing this, I would buy a suitable used hard drive used from one > of the on-line resellers, probably hitechcafe.com, if they're still > around. I'd put it into my machine as D:, format as bootable & partition > it, and then use the COPY command to create an image of C: on D: > (340 meg of files? Bring a lunch) Then I'd take the original drive out, > make the new drive C: by moving the cable, and try to boot. > > My greatest concern would be not to burn any bridges behind me: note that, > in the plan above, I could "get my original machine back" anytime by > reinstalling the untouched 340-meg drive as C:. As long as I keep that > backup inviolate, the sky's the limit with what I can try with the new > disk drive. > > > > > Robert Wieland [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The very concept of human governance is a moral dilemma: > If the people are good, it is a mistake to create authorities over them; > If they are not good, it is a mistake to create authorities out of them. > > "It is. Or it isn't. Isn't it?" > English subtitle to a Japanese film version of "Hamlet". > > To unsubscribe from DOS-DISCUSS send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > unsubscribe DOS-DISCUSS in the body of the message. > Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. > More info can be found at; > http://www.softcon.com/archives/DOS-DISCUSS.html > To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
