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Subject:
Dell laptop 8.4GB limit
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Barry Marx <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sun, 18 May 2003 13:27:00 -0400
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Hi,

This weekend I purchased a 30GB IBM/Hitachi replacement harddrive from a
local store for my old Dell Inspiron 3000 laptop (running Win95b).  It
installed fine, but the system is only seeing 8 GB of the total.

From what I've been reading online, I understand now that this is a
limitation of the BIOS and/or OS.  I've been scanning through the Dell
support forums, and there seems to be the implication that there are
workarounds for this, but I haven't found anything definitive.

Can anyone here point me in the direction of a (preferrably inexpensive)
solution?

Thanks,
    Barry

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