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Hard Drive Formatting Issues with Windows 95/98/Me, Alternate Jumper Settings
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WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE Hard Drive Formatting Issues with Windows 95/98/Me For 32 GB drives and larger, several limitations with the Windows operating system programs have been identified and confirmed by Microsoft. Windows Millennium (Me) Windows Me may exhibit the following problem: ! FORMAT displays the size of partitions or logical drives larger than 64 GB incorrectly - Q263045* Windows 98 (All versions) Windows 98 may exhibit the following problems: ! FDISK does not recognize the full size of hard drives larger than 64 GB - Q263044* ! FORMAT displays the size of partitions or logical drives larger than 64 GB incorrectly - Q263045* ! SCANDISK reports errors on hard drives larger than 32 GB - Q243450* Windows 95 (All versions) Windows 95 does not support hard drive capacities greater than 32 GB. Users should upgrade to Windows XP, 2000, Windows Millennium, or Windows 98SE. *Microsoft Knowledge Base Article ID Number. To download the Microsoft fix for each problem, go to support.microsoft.com and enter the specific article ID number. Alternate Jumper Settings Some older computer systems have difficulty detecting large capacity hard drives. If your system locks up after the installation of your new hard drive, try an alternate jumper setting to resolve this issue. Note: Cable Select cannot be used when alternative jumpers are selected. TROUBLESHOOTING - 25