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Nothin' so-called about it. It's hard and fast with all Win95 versions. No fix from MS, nor plan to offer one.
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What is needed for a bios change to get past this barrier then?
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No, no...I meant I "so call" it.... https://discussions.virtualdr.com/ https://discussions.virtualdr.com/ ...just like everybody else "so calls" it. Yeah....that's what I meant...
Good article on that. Basically, if your BIOS is newer than 1998, chances are good it supports LBA and should have no problem. Older BIOS: go to the manufacturers website and see if there is a flash upgrade for it. Upgrade the OS to 98.
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Sorry Bistro sir, misunderstood.
As for 32 gig limitation... As pointed out is the article Bistro gave (just skimmed it), it is not necessarily sufficient to say in general that bioses dated after 1998 will support greater than 32 gigs. While the possibility to handle the necessary cylinders/heads/sectors has existed for a while, many bios makers did not simply implement a "maximum possible" design in their bioses. Many seemed to tailor what they allowed (what they could handle) at a given time around the largest drives available at the time (and seemingly to be available in the near future). So often bioses were just put out that would handle up to 32gig, or something in the 40s, or maybe 64gig, etc. So you can't just assume a post-98 bios handles over 32 gig (unless it is much more current than that). In most cases though these bios makers offer an update to handle larger than 32 gig drives, at least up to like 64 gig. Ya just have to check. And if all else fails, you get yourself an add-on ide card that handles what you need.
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Folks, agree with you on the BIOS bit, but here we are talking Compaq. Antique BIOS in other words.
He fdisked and partitioned in such a manner as to be able to use 32GB. The other 6+gb is there but he is unable to access it.
The last Bios upgrade available for mine was the Y2K correction and allowed the bios to go from 8.4GB to 32GB. Sounds like they used 95 bios for 98 to me. Might explain, questionable, why so many people had problems with the darn things.
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Not surprised Train. Compaq wasn't the only one to call it quits at 32gig on an existing board/system. You can't keep supporting the old ones for ever.
If the Compaq can't support booting off a device on an add-on card (don't know if it can or not), then you're stuck with the 32 gig. Going the disk overlay route just isn't worth it for the extra few gigs.
So you just set the jumper on the drive that limits what's seen to 32 gig, right?
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And that's the reason why I have a Compaq logo on my dart board....What is it with those guys???
So you just set the jumper on the drive that limits what's seen to 32 gig, right?
DrMDJ
Reference the above. He set it for single harddrive. And my booklet is for the 30GB, so could you enlighten me?
We discussed getting 30GB harddrive[s] for the Compaq and I will probably try a Maxtor card in mine [with a 30GB] as I remember several post where people were unsuccessful with the promise cards in Compaqs and they never posted back https://discussions.virtualdr.com/ After we suggested trying another brand.
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Train,
This was a Western Digital drive he got (has) right? The WDC drives have a jumper on the back that limits the size that the bios (or anything else) sees to 32 gig. The reason I asked about the jumper being set was because in my experience it is best to set this jumper if the drive is in fact going to be used as a 32 gig. If the bios is just given parameters equivalent to 32 gig I've found this can be a potential problem (or lead to one). The reason is that while the bios may be content to think of (treat) the drive as 32 gig, other software, including windows, may not.
Nowadays Windows, and other software running under it, most often bypass the bios for querying info or reading and writing to a drive. They communicate directly with the drive. Granted,the drive here is partitioned to 32 gig. But the possibility exists for Windows or some othe software to see the full capacity of the drive. As a safeguard, the jumper should be set so that everyone can only see that drive as a 32 gig (cause the drive won't let it see more).
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Compaq...compaq...I want my money back https://discussions.virtualdr.com/
Kinda makes you appreciate some of the other computer manufacturers like...oh I don't know...well, Emachines maybe. LOL https://discussions.virtualdr.com/
Seriously, though, glad you got the critter going Goose. I do have a question about Compaqs in general. I've never used one, but I heard that the recovery disk that comes with them doesn't give the option for re-install without reformat. Is this correct?
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I wish we had the same setup as eMachines do. The option of installing with or without formating.
Compaq = format no questions asked other that DO You WANT TO RESTORE as you will lose all data on the harddrive.
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Thank you for the info.
Guess who has email. https://discussions.virtualdr.com/
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Thanks Train...I wasn't sure if it was a wives' tale or not about the restore disc. Seems like a pretty strange way to do things. No wonder they had to sell out. https://discussions.virtualdr.com/
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If you think Compaq is goofy, I hope you get the pleasure of watching someone try to restore a IBM Aptiva. A 2 hour riot of gut busting. https://discussions.virtualdr.com/
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Train... my son married a gal with an Aptiva, guess who got to fix it! ;-) The laugh riot was shortened considerably, as I replaced the modem/soundcard combo and harddrive and didn't use the recovery disk... was almost a real computer when I got done with it!
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The one I watched was under warranty. IBM was on the phone telling her how to do it.
I would have gone your route. After having seen worse, Compaq not so bad https://discussions.virtualdr.com/
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