Is there a *maximum* size for a hard drive that Windows 98 will accept?
Yes and no. There are several limitations that can be encountered, as well as several workarounds. 1. BIOS limitations Depending on the age of the computer, the BIOS may not be able to access areas of the hard drive above certain points, such as 8.4 GB, 32 GB, or 127 GB. These are not limitations of Windows 98 itself, but of the BIOS. Since Windows 98 relies on the BIOS for a large number of functions, however, including disk access, it is limited to what the BIOS reports. This can be worked around with a BIOS upgrade or an add-in controller card with its own BIOS. 2. FDISK limitations The FDISK included with Windows 98 is limited to 127 GB. An updated version is available from Microsoft. 3. Disk controller driver limitations In some cases even if the BIOS supports more than 127 GB for a hard drive, the driver used by Windows 98 for the disk controller is still limited. Specific ones from some motherboard manufacturers have this fixed. There is also a generic driver with the barrier re
