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David Gillett <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 24 Feb 1999 14:05:26 -0800
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On 24 Feb 99, at 9:22, Richard T. wrote:

> Hi List!!
>              I've loaded Win 98 into many machines, all with H.D's over 2
> gig. For some reason, no matter what I do, I cannot get Drivespace 3 to
> recognize these hard drives properly, I only get 2 gig settings. Is there
> a trick to getting this function to work right? Is it a Bios setting that
> i'm missing? Or, is it a program flaw?  Left clicking on the "c" drive and
> then going to properties always gets me  the right numbers.Any help or
> advice appreciated! Rich Tabas Philly, Pa.

  I think a DriveSpace 3 compressed volume is limited to 2GB.
Microsoft may have figured that larger than that, you lose as much
performance as you gain in space.


David G

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