Hard Drive Size Limitation

[Jerry]

The first issue is will your motherboard's BIOS support drives larger than
137Gb? That was the limit until recently.

If your BIOS will see it then for ME to see it you will have to run FDISK
and break it into pieces - the 137Gb still will be a limiting factor if you
want to see it as one piece.

I rememebr seeing drivers posted, don't remember where, that will allow 98,
SE, and ME to see drives larger than 137Gb. I can only recommend a Google
search to see if they are stilla round somewhere.

"Deepak" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> I am wondering if I upgrade my IDE drive to a size of 160GB or 200GB, will
> Windows ME have any limitation in accessing the space?
>
> I vaguely recall an issue with ME or perhaps WIN 98 not being able to
> manage
> the larger driver sizes.
>
> Thanks!
>
>

[Deepak]

Hi,

I am wondering if I upgrade my IDE drive to a size of 160GB or 200GB, will
Windows ME have any limitation in accessing the space?

I vaguely recall an issue with ME or perhaps WIN 98 not being able to manage
the larger driver sizes.

Thanks!

[RLoew]

"Jerry1" wrote:
> The first issue is will your motherboard's BIOS support drives
> larger than
> 137Gb? That was the limit until recently.
>
> If your BIOS will see it then for ME to see it you will have
> to run FDISK
> and break it into pieces - the 137Gb still will be a limiting
> factor if you
> want to see it as one piece.
>
> I rememebr seeing drivers posted, don't remember where, that
> will allow 98,
> SE, and ME to see drives larger than 137Gb. I can only
> recommend a Google
> search to see if they are stilla round somewhere.
>
> "Deepak" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am wondering if I upgrade my IDE drive to a size of 160GB
> or 200GB, will
> > Windows ME have any limitation in accessing the space?
> >
> > I vaguely recall an issue with ME or perhaps WIN 98 not
> being able to
> > manage
> > the larger driver sizes.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >

I have written a Patch for Windows 98, 98SE and ME that supports Hard
Drives larger than 137GB. You will need BIOS support for large Hard
Drives or a Boot Manager that provides support. Individual partitions
must be smaller than 127GB as some of the Windows tools cannot handle
larger partitions.

A demo of my Patch is on my website http://members.aol.com/rloew1 or
can be download from Simtel. It is called the "High Capacity Disk
Patch"

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[Noel Paton]

Shame that it won't run under ME - you might want to read up on the
differences between ME and Win98 before posting such supposed 'fixes' to the
unsuspecting public!!

Besides which , there are 'official' patches which do the same thing.
--
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"RLoew" > wrote in message
...
> "Jerry1" wrote:
> > The first issue is will your motherboard's BIOS support drives
> > larger than
> > 137Gb? That was the limit until recently.
> >
> > If your BIOS will see it then for ME to see it you will have
> > to run FDISK
> > and break it into pieces - the 137Gb still will be a limiting
> > factor if you
> > want to see it as one piece.
> >
> > I rememebr seeing drivers posted, don't remember where, that
> > will allow 98,
> > SE, and ME to see drives larger than 137Gb. I can only
> > recommend a Google
> > search to see if they are stilla round somewhere.
> >
> > "Deepak" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am wondering if I upgrade my IDE drive to a size of 160GB
> > or 200GB, will
> > > Windows ME have any limitation in accessing the space?
> > >
> > > I vaguely recall an issue with ME or perhaps WIN 98 not
> > being able to
> > > manage
> > > the larger driver sizes.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > >
>
> I have written a Patch for Windows 98, 98SE and ME that supports Hard
> Drives larger than 137GB. You will need BIOS support for large Hard
> Drives or a Boot Manager that provides support. Individual partitions
> must be smaller than 127GB as some of the Windows tools cannot handle
> larger partitions.
>
> A demo of my Patch is on my website http://members.aol.com/rloew1 or
> can be download from Simtel. It is called the "High Capacity Disk
> Patch"
>
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[RLoew]

"Noel Paton" wrote:
> Shame that it won't run under ME - you might want to read up
> on the
> differences between ME and Win98 before posting such supposed
> 'fixes' to the
> unsuspecting public!!
>
> Besides which , there are 'official' patches which do the same
> thing.
> --
> Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)
>
> Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
> http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
> http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
>
> Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post
> messages to NG's
>
> "RLoew" > wrote in message
> ...
> > "Jerry1" wrote:
>  > > The first issue is will your motherboard's BIOS
> support drives
>  > > larger than
>  > > 137Gb? That was the limit until recently.
>  > >
>  > > If your BIOS will see it then for ME to see it you
> will have
>  > > to run FDISK
>  > > and break it into pieces - the 137Gb still will be a
> limiting
>  > > factor if you
>  > > want to see it as one piece.
>  > >
>  > > I rememebr seeing drivers posted, don't remember
> where, that
>  > > will allow 98,
>  > > SE, and ME to see drives larger than 137Gb. I can
> only
>  > > recommend a Google
>  > > search to see if they are stilla round somewhere.
>  > >
>  > > "Deepak" > wrote in
> message
>  > > ...
>   > > > Hi,
>   > > >
>   > > > I am wondering if I upgrade my IDE drive to
> a size of 160GB
>  > > or 200GB, will
>   > > > Windows ME have any limitation in accessing
> the space?
>   > > >
>   > > > I vaguely recall an issue with ME or perhaps
> WIN 98 not
>  > > being able to
>   > > > manage
>   > > > the larger driver sizes.
>   > > >
>   > > > Thanks!
>   > > >
>   > > >
> >
> > I have written a Patch for Windows 98, 98SE and ME that
> supports Hard
> > Drives larger than 137GB. You will need BIOS support for
> large Hard
> > Drives or a Boot Manager that provides support. Individual
> partitions
> > must be smaller than 127GB as some of the Windows tools
> cannot handle
> > larger partitions.
> >
> > A demo of my Patch is on my website http://members.aol.com/rloew1 or
> > can be download from Simtel. It is called the "High Capacity
> Disk
> > Patch"
> >
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Dear Noel,

Apparently you haven’t run my Demo Version of the "High Capacity Disk
Patch". It works fine with Windows ME. I wouldn’t have listed Windows
ME or posted to this Topic if it didn’t. Some of the support features
don’t work under Windows ME but they are not required. No one who has
purchased the Full Version of my Patch for Windows ME has complained.
If anyone has any doubts, they can download the Demo Patch which
supports up to 145GB from http://members.aol.com/rloew1 or Simtel.

The only "official" patches are called "Windows 2000 and Windows
XP".

The Intel Application Accelerator is limited to certain Intel
Chipsets.

If you know of any Patches, post them.

Rudolph Loew


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[Noel Paton]

Might I suggest that you prove your assertions first?

No - I haven't run your 'ix' - for the simple reason I don't have a very
large drive available

Also - most ME machines are limited not by the OS, but by the BIOS - which
you seem to neglect to mention

What good is increasing the available disk from ~130GB to ~ 145GB going to
do in today's world of 250GB++ drives?

Why would one want to have a drive that large in the first place, in a Win9x
system that can't cope with files greater than 4GB in size (on a good
day!)??

Your 'proven' do-hickey is snake-oil. (I'd be very pleased for you to prove
me wrong!!)


--
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"RLoew" > wrote in message
...
> Dear Noel,
>
> Apparently you haven’t run my Demo Version of the "High Capacity Disk
> Patch". It works fine with Windows ME. I wouldn’t have listed Windows
> ME or posted to this Topic if it didn’t. Some of the support features
> don’t work under Windows ME but they are not required. No one who has
> purchased the Full Version of my Patch for Windows ME has complained.
> If anyone has any doubts, they can download the Demo Patch which
> supports up to 145GB from http://members.aol.com/rloew1 or Simtel.
>
> The only "official" patches are called "Windows 2000 and Windows
> XP".
>
> The Intel Application Accelerator is limited to certain Intel
> Chipsets.
>
> If you know of any Patches, post them.
>
> Rudolph Loew
>
>
> --
> http://www.WindowsForumz.com/ This article was posted by author's request
> Articles individually checked for conformance to usenet standards
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[RLoew]

"Noel Paton" wrote:
> Might I suggest that you prove your assertions first?
>
> No - I haven't run your 'ix' - for the simple reason I don't
> have a very
> large drive available
>
> Also - most ME machines are limited not by the OS, but by the
> BIOS - which
> you seem to neglect to mention
>
> What good is increasing the available disk from ~130GB to ~
> 145GB going to
> do in today's world of 250GB++ drives?
>
> Why would one want to have a drive that large in the first
> place, in a Win9x
> system that can't cope with files greater than 4GB in size (on
> a good
> day!)??
>
> Your 'proven' do-hickey is snake-oil. (I'd be very pleased
> for you to prove
> me wrong!!)
>
>
> --
> Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)
>
> Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
> http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
> http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
>
> Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post
> messages to NG's
>
> "RLoew" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Dear Noel,
> >
> > Apparently you haven’t run my Demo Version of the "High
> Capacity Disk
> > Patch". It works fine with Windows ME. I wouldn’t have
> listed Windows
> > ME or posted to this Topic if it didn’t. Some of the support
> features
> > don’t work under Windows ME but they are not required. No
> one who has
> > purchased the Full Version of my Patch for Windows ME has
> complained.
> > If anyone has any doubts, they can download the Demo Patch
> which
> > supports up to 145GB from http://members.aol.com/rloew1 or Simtel.
> >
> > The only "official" patches are called "Windows 2000 and
> Windows
> > XP".
> >
> > The Intel Application Accelerator is limited to certain
> Intel
> > Chipsets.
> >
> > If you know of any Patches, post them.
> >
> > Rudolph Loew
> >
> >
> > --
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> > Articles individually checked for conformance to usenet
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Dear Noel,

I’m not sure how you expect me to prove that my patch works. I’m not
going to publish my source code. The Demo IS the proof. You haven’t
posted anything that would indicate that the Patch wouldn’t work.

Borrow a large hard drive if you have to, and test the Demo, before
you make any more unwarranted accusations.

Many ME users have BIOSes that are not limited. You might want to
refer to my original post. I did state that BIOS support is required.
It is also in the README.TXT file in my Demo. Have you read it? I have
written a Boot Manager that provides the necessary support on machines
that do not have BIOS support.

The 145GB limit is only in the Demo version so people can verify that
the Patch works in their system before buying the full version. The
full version can support over 2000GB. I have several 250GB Hard Drives
that work just fine in Windows 98.

Apparently many people are interested in using large hard drives with
Windows 98 and ME. The Simtel mirror of my Demo has been downloaded
hundreds of times. I don’t think many people have a need for single
files larger than 4GB. DVD files can take up a lot of space but no
single file exceeds 1GB.

You sound like a Microsoftie that wants to discredit anything that
will allow people to stay with their existing Windows instead of being
forced to upgrade to Windows XP. Microsoft could have easily done this
Patch themselves but chose deliberately not to.

Rudolph R. Loew
rloew AT @ AT hotmail.com

http://members.aol.com/rloew1

[Noel Paton]

"RLoew" > wrote in message
...
> "Noel Paton" wrote:
> > Might I suggest that you prove your assertions first?
> >
> > No - I haven't run your 'ix' - for the simple reason I don't
> > have a very
> > large drive available
> >
> > Also - most ME machines are limited not by the OS, but by the
> > BIOS - which
> > you seem to neglect to mention
> >
> > What good is increasing the available disk from ~130GB to ~
> > 145GB going to
> > do in today's world of 250GB++ drives?
> >
> > Why would one want to have a drive that large in the first
> > place, in a Win9x
> > system that can't cope with files greater than 4GB in size (on
> > a good
> > day!)??
> >
> > Your 'proven' do-hickey is snake-oil. (I'd be very pleased
> > for you to prove
> > me wrong!!)
> >
> >
> > --
> > Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)
> >
> > Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
> > http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
> > http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
> >
> > Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post
> > messages to NG's
> >
> Dear Noel,
>
> I’m not sure how you expect me to prove that my patch works. I’m not
> going to publish my source code. The Demo IS the proof. You haven’t
> posted anything that would indicate that the Patch wouldn’t work.
>
> Borrow a large hard drive if you have to, and test the Demo, before
> you make any more unwarranted accusations.
>
> Many ME users have BIOSes that are not limited. You might want to
> refer to my original post. I did state that BIOS support is required.
> It is also in the README.TXT file in my Demo. Have you read it? I have
> written a Boot Manager that provides the necessary support on machines
> that do not have BIOS support.
>
> The 145GB limit is only in the Demo version so people can verify that
> the Patch works in their system before buying the full version. The
> full version can support over 2000GB. I have several 250GB Hard Drives
> that work just fine in Windows 98.
>
> Apparently many people are interested in using large hard drives with
> Windows 98 and ME. The Simtel mirror of my Demo has been downloaded
> hundreds of times. I don’t think many people have a need for single
> files larger than 4GB. DVD files can take up a lot of space but no
> single file exceeds 1GB.
>
> You sound like a Microsoftie that wants to discredit anything that
> will allow people to stay with their existing Windows instead of being
> forced to upgrade to Windows XP. Microsoft could have easily done this
> Patch themselves but chose deliberately not to.
>
> Rudolph R. Loew
> rloew AT @ AT hotmail.com
>
> http://members.aol.com/rloew1

Personally, I never try to ascribe reasons to what decisions MS makes - it
give me too many headaches!

If you're getting DVD's only smaller than 1GB, then you are in trouble - a
full-length movie will be well over 4GB at full resolution.

As I said, I don't have access to large drives - and no need of them (yet) -
and I prefer, currently, to use a couple of smaller drives(40GB and 80GB) as
this box gets hammered, and it makes life a little easier if things go wrong
(and I'm not convinced of the stability/ruggedness of the first-generation
large drives yet). - Quite apart from which, I have no machine available
with BIOS-limited disks.
I would NEVER use as a System drive, a single-partition disk of more than
20GB - the risks are too high.For backups, etc, I can see uses for large
partitions, but for anything else, small partitions are much friendlier.

You may want to look at the phrasing on your download site, as what you are
saying above is not obvious there - and no, I didn't read the readme.txt
file (Why should I, unless I've already decided to install the thing?) You
need to make plain on the site what the full version can do, and what the
limitations of the Demo version are - and whether the demo version can be
upgraded *in situ* with the full version.


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
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[RLoew]

"Noel Paton" wrote:
> "RLoew" > wrote in message
> ...
> > "Noel Paton" wrote:
>  > > Might I suggest that you prove your assertions
> first?
>  > >
>  > > No - I haven't run your 'ix' - for the simple reason
> I don't
>  > > have a very
>  > > large drive available
>  > >
>  > > Also - most ME machines are limited not by the OS,
> but by the
>  > > BIOS - which
>  > > you seem to neglect to mention
>  > >
>  > > What good is increasing the available disk from
> ~130GB to ~
>  > > 145GB going to
>  > > do in today's world of 250GB++ drives?
>  > >
>  > > Why would one want to have a drive that large in the
> first
>  > > place, in a Win9x
>  > > system that can't cope with files greater than 4GB
> in size (on
>  > > a good
>  > > day!)??
>  > >
>  > > Your 'proven' do-hickey is snake-oil. (I'd be very
> pleased
>  > > for you to prove
>  > > me wrong!!)
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > --
>  > > Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)
>  > >
>  > > Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
>  > > http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
>  > > http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
>  > >
>  > > Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to
> post
>  > > messages to NG's
>  > >
> > Dear Noel,
> >
> > I’m not sure how you expect me to prove that my patch works.
> I’m not
> > going to publish my source code. The Demo IS the proof. You
> haven’t
> > posted anything that would indicate that the Patch wouldn’t
> work.
> >
> > Borrow a large hard drive if you have to, and test the Demo,
> before
> > you make any more unwarranted accusations.
> >
> > Many ME users have BIOSes that are not limited. You might
> want to
> > refer to my original post. I did state that BIOS support is
> required.
> > It is also in the README.TXT file in my Demo. Have you read
> it? I have
> > written a Boot Manager that provides the necessary support
> on machines
> > that do not have BIOS support.
> >
> > The 145GB limit is only in the Demo version so people can
> verify that
> > the Patch works in their system before buying the full
> version. The
> > full version can support over 2000GB. I have several 250GB
> Hard Drives
> > that work just fine in Windows 98.
> >
> > Apparently many people are interested in using large hard
> drives with
> > Windows 98 and ME. The Simtel mirror of my Demo has been
> downloaded
> > hundreds of times. I don’t think many people have a need for
> single
> > files larger than 4GB. DVD files can take up a lot of space
> but no
> > single file exceeds 1GB.
> >
> > You sound like a Microsoftie that wants to discredit
> anything that
> > will allow people to stay with their existing Windows
> instead of being
> > forced to upgrade to Windows XP. Microsoft could have easily
> done this
> > Patch themselves but chose deliberately not to.
> >
> > Rudolph R. Loew
> > rloew AT @ AT hotmail.com
> >
> > http://members.aol.com/rloew1
>
> Personally, I never try to ascribe reasons to what decisions
> MS makes - it
> give me too many headaches!
>
> If you're getting DVD's only smaller than 1GB, then you are in
> trouble - a
> full-length movie will be well over 4GB at full resolution.
>
> As I said, I don't have access to large drives - and no need
> of them (yet) -
> and I prefer, currently, to use a couple of smaller
> drives(40GB and 80GB) as
> this box gets hammered, and it makes life a little easier if
> things go wrong
> (and I'm not convinced of the stability/ruggedness of the
> first-generation
> large drives yet). - Quite apart from which, I have no machine
> available
> with BIOS-limited disks.
> I would NEVER use as a System drive, a single-partition disk
> of more than
> 20GB - the risks are too high.For backups, etc, I can see uses
> for large
> partitions, but for anything else, small partitions are much
> friendlier.
>
> You may want to look at the phrasing on your download site, as
> what you are
> saying above is not obvious there - and no, I didn't read the
> readme.txt
> file (Why should I, unless I've already decided to install the
> thing?) You
> need to make plain on the site what the full version can do,
> and what the
> limitations of the Demo version are - and whether the demo
> version can be
> upgraded *in situ* with the full version.
>
>
> --
> Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)
>
> Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
> http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
> http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
>
> Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post
> messages to NG's

DVDs consist of .VOB files that normally do not exceed 1.073GB. A full
length movie would consist of at least 4 of these. DVD software
usually allows you to set the maximum size of each file. There is
usually little need to create an image file of a DVD.

You may not be interested in using large hard drives, but many other
people are including the person who started this topic. That is why I
posted my first message.

I never specified how people should partition their hard drives. In
fact I specifically tell them not to create individual partitions
larger than 127GB.

As far as my web site is concerned, you must have not bothered to
click on the link to the Patch program. The limitations of the Demo
Program are listed there. A long discussion of installation details is
not appropriate for the web page. Anyone even remotely interested can
download the free Demo and read the README.TXT file.

If you are not interested in installing the Patch, don’t go to the
website, don’t read the README.TXT file, it would be a waste of your
time. But it makes you totally unqualified to criticize a program,
that other people are interested in, that you can’t be bothered to
investigate or test.

Rudolph R. Loew

[Noel Paton]

"RLoew" > wrote in message
...
> DVDs consist of .VOB files that normally do not exceed 1.073GB. A full
> length movie would consist of at least 4 of these. DVD software
> usually allows you to set the maximum size of each file. There is
> usually little need to create an image file of a DVD.
>
> You may not be interested in using large hard drives, but many other
> people are including the person who started this topic. That is why I
> posted my first message.
>
> I never specified how people should partition their hard drives. In
> fact I specifically tell them not to create individual partitions
> larger than 127GB.
>
> As far as my web site is concerned, you must have not bothered to
> click on the link to the Patch program. The limitations of the Demo
> Program are listed there. A long discussion of installation details is
> not appropriate for the web page. Anyone even remotely interested can
> download the free Demo and read the README.TXT file.
>
> If you are not interested in installing the Patch, don’t go to the
> website, don’t read the README.TXT file, it would be a waste of your
> time. But it makes you totally unqualified to criticize a program,
> that other people are interested in, that you can’t be bothered to
> investigate or test.
>
> Rudolph R. Loew
>

Granted - it' possible to manipulate DVD file-size (but only for the
experienced user).

The point that I was trying to make about your site, is simply that, if you
really want people to download it, you should explain EXACTLY what it does,
rather than some wishy-washy guff that only describes the (demo-only)
limits.
People looking for such a patch are going to see that page - and then look
elsewhere for a better option, without downloading the demo.
Yes - I did follow the patch link - that's the one I am commenting on!

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

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[RLoew]

"Noel Paton" wrote:
> "RLoew" > wrote in message
> ...
> > DVDs consist of .VOB files that normally do not exceed
> 1.073GB. A full
> > length movie would consist of at least 4 of these. DVD
> software
> > usually allows you to set the maximum size of each file.
> There is
> > usually little need to create an image file of a DVD.
> >
> > You may not be interested in using large hard drives, but
> many other
> > people are including the person who started this topic. That
> is why I
> > posted my first message.
> >
> > I never specified how people should partition their hard
> drives. In
> > fact I specifically tell them not to create individual
> partitions
> > larger than 127GB.
> >
> > As far as my web site is concerned, you must have not
> bothered to
> > click on the link to the Patch program. The limitations of
> the Demo
> > Program are listed there. A long discussion of installation
> details is
> > not appropriate for the web page. Anyone even remotely
> interested can
> > download the free Demo and read the README.TXT file.
> >
> > If you are not interested in installing the Patch, don’t go
> to the
> > website, don’t read the README.TXT file, it would be a waste
> of your
> > time. But it makes you totally unqualified to criticize a
> program,
> > that other people are interested in, that you can’t be
> bothered to
> > investigate or test.
> >
> > Rudolph R. Loew
> >
>
> Granted - it' possible to manipulate DVD file-size (but only
> for the
> experienced user).
>
> The point that I was trying to make about your site, is simply
> that, if you
> really want people to download it, you should explain EXACTLY
> what it does,
> rather than some wishy-washy guff that only describes the
> (demo-only)
> limits.
> People looking for such a patch are going to see that page -
> and then look
> elsewhere for a better option, without downloading the demo.
> Yes - I did follow the patch link - that's the one I am
> commenting on!
>
> --
> Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)
>
> Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
> http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
> http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
>
> Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post
> messages to NG's

Since Windows 98, 98SE and ME do not support individual files larger
than 4GB, and commercial DVDs limit their files to 10.73GB, I am sure
that DVD authoring programs would make it easy for even novice users
to limit the size of files and/or set an appropriate limit by default.

I wish you would read more than one paragraph at a time when looking
at my web site. The description of what it does is in the first
paragraph. The description of the Demo limitations is only one
paragraph.

A detailed description of Port Drivers and the ATA-7 standard is
unneccessary and is likely to confuse and discourage people who mainly
want to know if my Patch will work in their systems. Since the Demo
Package is small and FREE, anyone who is interested in more detailed
information can download the Package and read the Manual.

Since most people will have come across the "official" approaches
namely Windows 2000/XP, PCI Cards and the Intel Application
Accelerator, before finding my Patch program, I think they will find
that there are no other options for most systems.


Rudolph Loew
http://members.aol.com/rloew1