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Window 98 and Seagate 80 GB hard drive,will Windows 98 able

by Earth9111 Jun 3, 2005 10:50PM PDT

I believe Windows 98 will handle that drive but,I have come here too see if anyone wih experience with installing that drive and if their were any problems.The drive comes with set up utility.I have Windows XP Pro installed over my Windows 98 with no problems.Xp works better than 98, anyway thanks in advance.

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Re: Seagate 80Mb drive

by Kees Bakker Jun 3, 2005 11:25PM PDT

I don't expect any particular problems with using such a drive with Windows 98 on a reasonably modern system (very old BIOS'es won't support such a drive).
After partitioning and formatting it you should be able to use it. Be sure the things the setup utility does are compatible with Windows 98.

Kees

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Thanks for quick response!!

by Earth9111 Jun 3, 2005 11:32PM PDT

Its a PII 333 MHZ with 12 GB hard drive. Like I said I have Windows XP Pro INSTALLED over Windows 98.Thanks again..

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