[1085] in winnt
BIOS limits to disk sizes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Broderick)
Thu Apr 24 15:12:12 2003
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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 15:12:32 -0400
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From: Dave Broderick <djbroder@MIT.EDU>
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I used to sort of know this.
Back in the "old days" 486's had disk drive limits of 512MB. Then, with
Pentium I , there were 1,2,4 and 8 Gig limits, then, around Pentium II
time, practical limits started to go away. By Pentium III time (perhaps
before) you could pretty much install whatever you could by in a store.
Once in a while, I'm tempted to resurrect an older machine and install a
bigger hard drive. The "kudge test" is to put the newer drive into machine.
If the BIOS reports the correct values for the drive size, I'm probably OK,
if not I take it out. I had an old machine once, and i put a 20gig drive
into it. It reported a 14gig drive. "Well, what the heck", I thought. Sure
enough, files would mysteriously disappear.
Anyone know of a more scientific way to test a machine for disk capacity?
David J. Broderick
djbroder@mit.edu
Audio Visual Project Technician
MIT AV 617 253 2808
FAX 617 253 5945
<http://web.mit.edu/djbroder/www>http://web.mit.edu/djbroder/www
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I used to sort of know this.<br>
Back in the "old days" 486's had disk drive limits of 512MB.
Then, with Pentium I , there were 1,2,4 and 8 Gig limits, then, around
Pentium II time, practical limits started to go away. By Pentium III time
(perhaps before) you could pretty much install whatever you could by in a
store.<br>
<br>
Once in a while, I'm tempted to resurrect an older machine and install a
bigger hard drive. The "kudge test" is to put the newer drive
into machine. If the BIOS reports the correct values for the drive size,
I'm probably OK, if not I take it out. I had an old machine once, and i
put a 20gig drive into it. It reported a 14gig drive. "Well, what
the heck", I thought. Sure enough, files would mysteriously
disappear.<br>
<br>
Anyone know of a more scientific way to test a machine for disk
capacity?<br>
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David J. Broderick <br>
<font color="#0000FF"><b>djbroder@mit.edu <br>
</b></font><x-tab> </x-tab>Audio
Visual Project Technician<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>MIT AV 617
<b>253 2808 <br>
</b><x-tab> </x-tab>FAX
617 253 5945 <br>
<x-tab> </x-tab><a href="http://web.mit.edu/djbroder/www">http://web.mit.edu/djbroder/www</a>
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