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I have an Aptiva model 2159s90 with pentium mmx processor and 3.2gB harddrive Windows 95.
I bought a WD400 40gb harddrive and attempted to install. I used the Aptiva recovery disk which reformatted it to a 503MB drive. Is there a limitation in windows 95? The BIOS setup indicates it as a 8.4gb drive. How do I format the drive to at least 8.4gB? can I get it to 40gb?
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Go into the BIOS and change the setting to LBA, then reformat the drive. If you don't know how to flash or use an overlay, play it safe and avoid them - they're for people who understand the risk involved, and there is risk.
You can get access to larger drives by buying a PCI IDE card which has a BIOS that can boot the system, like this one: http://www.newegg.com/app/
Boot from your startup disk
You should be at an A:\> prompt
Type fdisk and press enter.
If it asks you to enable large disk support tell it yes.
Next choose the delete partition option (option #3).
Next choose the delete primary DOS partition option (option 1).
Fdisk will then ask you what partition you want to delete. Tell it partition 1.
It will then ask you to enter the volume label. Enter the volume label (it will be listed near the top of the fdisk screen).
It will then ask you to confirm deletion. Tell it yes and press ENTER.
Exit fdisk by pressing ESC twice.
The computer should reboot off the Windows 95 setup boot disk.
Once the windows setup screen is up press the F3 key twice.
You should be at an A:\> prompt.
Type fdisk and press ENTER.
If it asks you to enable large disk support tell it yes.
Next choose the create partition option (option 1).
Next choose the create primary DOS partition option (option 1).
It will next ask you for a volume label you can enter on or leave it blank.
It will then ask you if you want to make the partition active. Tell it yes
Next reboot the computer with the Windows setup boot disk in the floppy drive.
After the Windows 95 setup screen comes up press F3 twice.
You should be at an A:\> prompt.
Type format c: /s and press ENTER.
Thats should have you ready to install windows
FAT 16 has a size limit of 2 GB for a primary partition. Windows 95 OSR B and onward can use FAT 32, which has a size limit much higher than that, like above 64 GB (the 32 GB size limit in XP fdisk for FAT 32 is a bug).
Your size limitation is probably from the restore disk. Don't use that one , if possible. You have some good advice above for formatting and reinstalling. Don't forget to reboot after doing any changes with fdisk.
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Just Go to http://www.waterwheel.com/
The link to the downloadable startup disk is
http://www.waterwheel.com/
Your System's Motherboard has a limit to access a max of 1,024 heads by the Transformation of Physical Structure to Logical Addressing using the 13H Interrupt ( 7.88 GiB max ). Its just a logical way how Bios can access all the sectors of the hard-drive using the int13H interrupt.
There is no way that your Motherboard can access a 40G hdd. This is a Controller Limitation. But what you can do is to use a IDE controller card. The IDE Controller card would help you get a 40G ~ over 120G. You may add Hdd in the future as well as typical IDE controller cards can suport upto 4 hard drivers additional to the four hdds that can be connected on your motherboard's IDE connector.
Click on the Link to see how it look and how much it costs
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These Cards would sit on the PCI Slot of your Motherboard and the IDE cables can be connected to the hdd from this Controller Card.
But if you are not willing to buy this card, then as the Bios sees a Max of 8Gb you can use the Windows Startup Disk to do the F-disk
Here is the complete Instruction to Format the Hard Drive to a Max of 8GB using the F-Disk
http://members.aol.com/don
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Hope this Inof Helps
Cheers
Sinu
If in fact your motherboard is limited to ~ 8 GB before you puchase a PCI IDE controller card you may want to check the manufacturers support site to see if there is a Bios upgrade (Doubtful) for your particular motherboard. Bios' are upgraded by a process called Flashing. This is what was mentioned in a prior post. The process involves overwiting the software on the bios chip. If not done properly this could render your motherboard usless.
My suggestion is to a reputable online Computer store and puchase a in expensive Motherboard CPU combo and maybe a new case. A all intergated motherboard with comparable slots to what you now have (ISA), if necessary with CPU, memory, and Case can be had for $150 pre assembled. You have to just install your Monitor, Hard Drive, Floppy, Keyboard, and Mouse from your existing system.
I say this becuase you are on the extreme verge of obsolescence.
It is also possible to buy a bios upgrade for your computer visit mrbios.com and check to see if there is a bios replacement for your motherboard, a bios upgrade costs about $20 and is not very hard to replace and would give you options like lba mode upto 137 gb and many other options that your present Mb does not have.
Some Reasons to upgrade include
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Sure cheaper then a new computer or Motherboard
Have you tried downloading Western Digital's Data Lifeguard Tools V. 11.0?
http://support.wdc.com/dow
It's been a while, but I think it should guide you through the drive installation, and if necessary, install a DDO to deal with the drive size limitation. Maybe. But even if it does that, you may still end up with 19 2.1GB partitions if you've got 95 and not 95B.
Cheers
g
Hmmm...this version doesn't support 95. They had something called EZ-Drive. That would've probably done the trick! Try this:
http://www1.vobis.de/bbs/f
good luck
g
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by: CallandorPosted on 2004-10-07 at 07:15:29ID: 12248901
If you're not using LBA or Enhanced CHS in the BIOS setting, you can run into the 504 limit. The 8.4 GB limit is likely the BIOS limit and would require a flash or use of an overlay to get around.