win95 & hard drives

[kamiam]

is there a size limitation on 95osr2.1 and if so what is it??? thanks in advance

 

[jj1492]

I believe that all versions of Windows 95 will not recognize partitions above 2 GB. So if you have a 20 GB hard drive, you'll need 10 partitions. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[kamiam]

win95a will only see 2 gig partitions 95b see more bit I think it ends around 20 gig and I'm not sure and need to know if it will see a 20 gig drive

 

[AndyHui]

The original version of Windows 95, along with OEM SR1 (original + SP1) can only handle partitions up to 2GB. This is a limitation of FAT16.

Win95B (OSR2, OSR2.1) and Win95C (OSR2.5) use FAT32, and can handle partitions up to 32GB in size. However, due to what Microsoft terms as "system limitations" will not handle hard drives over 32GB.

Although a patch is available for Win98 to address drives greater than 32GB, Microsoft has refused to patch Win95. More information can be found here: Windows 95 Does Not Support Hard Disks Larger Than 32 GB.