Re: Partitioning hard drive

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From: Rod Speed
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 00:00

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Monte and Dorian Goodyk wrote in message
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> SOmebody tell me if I'm wrong but I think Win 95 (or DOS) has to
> partition the HD otherwise it will only recognize 2gb of hard drive.

> Right or Wrong?

Mostly wrong. What you are talking about is the 2GB limit
on partition size with FAT16. That limitation has gone now
with FAT32 which is supported by Win95 OSR2 and later.

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From: "Rod Speed" <rspeed@dragnet.com.au>
Subject: Re: Partitioning hard drive
Date: 1998/11/29
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