Re: Hard Drive and Memory Limitations of Win98

[Guest Franc Zabkar]

Re: Hard Drive and Memory Limitations of Win98

 

On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:52:18 -0500, Igor <someone@somewhere.net> put

finger to keyboard and composed:

>It's my understanding that Windows 98 has limitations as to the size

>of hard drive that it will recognize. I believe that limit is 120 GB.

>Now, does that mean that if I put in a hard drive that is, say, 320

>GB, Windows 98 won't accept the drive at all, or just that it will

>refuse to see a partition larger than 120 GB?

 

This topic has often been discussed at great length in

microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion.

 

Try searching the Google Groups archives:

http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search?hl=en

 

Look for posts by "98 Guy".

>I've also heard that installing over a certain amount of RAM can make

>Windows 98 unstable. Is this true? If so, what is the limit?

 

The following links are posted frequently in

microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion.

 

512 MB or more:

 

"Out of Memory" Errors with Large Amounts of RAM Installed [Q253912]

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q253912

 

1 GB or more:

 

Error Message: Insufficient Memory to Initialize Windows [Q184447]

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q184447

 

1.5 GB or more:

 

Computer May Reboot Continuously with More Than 1.5 GB of RAM

[Q304943]

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q304943

 

>The specific version I'm using is Windows 98SE, if that makes a

>difference. Even though I'm using an old operating system, my hardware

>is fairly new (purchased in 2004), so I don't think the motherboard

>will have a problem supporting large drives.

 

- Franc Zabkar

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