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To: Zeuspaul who wrote (5750)	1/31/1999 6:01:00 PM
From: Dave Hanson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

"Are you sure partitioning can solve the 8.4 gig barrier?" At the risk of answering the wrong question (haven't been following this whole exchange), no. :) That is, the hotfixes, bios fixes (if needed), etc. have to be applied to get a > 8.4 gig Drive right regardless of partitions. This caused me some grief awhile back. Once everything is set up correctly, it shouldn't be a problem with any new MB.

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (5750)	1/31/1999 6:14:00 PM
From: Spots	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

>>Are you sure partitioning can solve the 8.4 gig barrier? Since I just did it, I'm reasonably sure that NT can create and use both ntfs and FAT partitions in the second 8 gigs with the ATA fix, as well as a full 17 gig ntfs partition. From this I'd say it's a near certainty that if I put NT itself in a partition contained within the first 8 gigs, I can boot it without the ATA fix, install the fix, then access the partitions in the second 8 gigs. Isn't marketing wonderful: 8 gigs + 8 gigs = 17 gigs. True, though. For other OSs, I don't have a clue. However, since I use NT mostly, I don't need a big clue. It IS true that if the OS can't access the cylinders above 8 gigs because its cylinder bucket is too small, partitioning won't help. How are you using your 17 gig drive?