PARTITION SIZE LIMIT FOR 98-XP DUAL?

**timbob** · January 4th, 2002, 11:46 PM

When I tried to partition my 30 Gb. HD. to dualboot Win98 +Winxp I was limited to 2047 Mb. for my primary partition if I wanted to install another OS.I sort of need this dualboot because xp doesn't support my scanner at all (acer620p), or my printer(epson 600 color stylus) completely,printer works w/xp drivers but not all functions.Is there aworkaround for this 2GB. limit?

**cadetstimp** · January 5th, 2002, 12:08 AM

2047 Mb is the FAT16 logical drive limit....what are you using to partition with? If it is an older Win95 or DOS floppy that may be the problem.

**storm2k** · January 5th, 2002, 12:12 AM

use partition magic and set the partition to be fat32.

**timbob** · January 5th, 2002, 12:19 AM

I'm using a win98 bootdisk,I used fdisk to delete all partitions and couldn't create a primary partition larger than 2047 mb. if I wanted to install another os.

**timbob** · January 5th, 2002, 12:36 AM

Partition magic sounds great,but I don't have $69.00 for it. Are there any free utilities that could do the job?

**timbob** · January 5th, 2002, 12:41 AM

I just found a demo version at tucows,is this a functional program? and if so should I download win98 version,xp ver. or both?

**Ebisoba** · January 5th, 2002, 04:23 AM

It could be a BIOS limitation. When was your system made? If it's before 96, it could be the problem.

**storm2k** · January 5th, 2002, 04:36 AM

make sure you have the latest bios revision for your bios from your mobo manufacturer so you have all the feature support you need too...

and i think there are a few pm clones out there, i'll let someone else fill you in on those though....

**cadetstimp** · January 5th, 2002, 05:06 AM

I'm using a win98 bootdisk,I used fdisk

When running fdisk, how do you answer the first question....y or n?

**lynchmob** · January 5th, 2002, 06:08 AM

Those free downloads of PartitionMagic are just for demonstration.You can go thru the whole routine of creating,resizing or deleting a partition,but,when you click the "Apply" button you get a message telling you to buy the real version.

lynch

**timbob** · January 6th, 2002, 12:55 AM

I typed n .And I see my mistake, I won't bee able to access this drive with other operating systems that aren't fat32, but win98 is fat32, and win xp installs with fat 32. If I decide to convert xp ntfs will I still be able to dualboot?