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From: Derek Morton
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 00:00

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Keith

You have been misinformed.

The 2Gb and 8Gb limits are bios limits.

win95a cannot do bigger that 2Gb
ALL other win (win95b and higher including winnt) can do partitions as big as
you can buy.

On Sat, 28 Nov 1998 10:42:53 -0500, "Keith D. Robinson"
<chipwizz@mindspring.com> wrote:

>Windows (any version) has trouble with partitions larger than 4MB.  I
>recommend dividing it in half
>

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Subject: Re: Partitioning hard drive
Date: 1998/11/29
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