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You probably need my SATA Patch.Try Booting with Logging enabled. Then Boot to DOS and read the BOOTLOG.TXT. If it is very short, read BOOTLOG.PRV. If it ends at Loading ESDI_506.PDR, you need the Patch.

Windows ME IO.SYS is entirely compressed so there was no need to separately compress the Logo. The earlier Windows did not compress the IO.SYS itself so they only compressed the Logo. The Logo is in a separate Module within IO.SYS so it can be extracted, removed and probably replaced with another compressed Logo. I can't say for certain if the Logos from 95 and 98 are interchangeable.

You're right, it will apply, but I really don't see a problem with buying a new computer every five years or so, which is my usual cycle. When you say you "do quite a bit" with 9x, can you give some examples? What advanced tasks do you perform that generally are regarded as things that can only be done on newer computers running newer OSes? I build a new Computer every couple of years. But the first thing I do is Install Windows 98SE and adjust it to work. Only the Computer I built a few months ago has yet to support it adequately. I broke the 137GB Hard Disk barrier over a Decade ago. Since then I have broken the 2TiB barrier and the 4KB Logical Sector barrier for Internal and External Hard Drives, as well as provide SATA support. My Windows 98SE supports 3GB or more of RAM. I can work with files larger than 4GiB even in a FAT32 System. I have written APIs for Multi-Core CPUs and 64-Bit RAM. I am currently experimenting with GPT Disks.

Let me put it another way. I use my computer a lot, for the few/minimal needs I require of it.How is Windows ME really that bad? I can burn audio CD's. I can manage and organize my photography. I can use it as a glorified typewriter. And I can do basic web surfing with it. If I was a windows XP owner, I would be sort of irritated right now. Basically, the only reason people are being forced to upgrade is because there are criminals out there. Not because the computer itself is worthless. But simply because of criminal activity. Sole reason for throwing away a perfectly good computer. I've decided not to worry about what criminal may or may not do to my computer. Instead, I'm going to enjoy it and not worry about it. Sure, I'll do what I can to prevent that... but throwing it away and spending money for something else isn't at the top of my list of options. What I'm starting to gather, I think, is that if you want to do basic things on your computer--the same things you were doing 15 years ago--then a Win 9x machine (with a few tweaks and mods) can be used to suit your needs. But if you want to do things that require modern computing resources--watching Netflix, high-end video editing (or related video tasks like post-processing), watching Blu-Rays, playing the newest games, etc--then you really need a newer computer running a new OS. As for XP, I don't the whole thing about Microsoft cutting off support for it. Who cares? When I had an XP machine and I turned off Windows updates and didn't even run an anti-virus/Internet security suite and there were no problems. No one is being forced to upgrade and just because Microsoft is no longer supporting the OS doesn't mean XP computers are going to stop working. As long as you're careful, you should be fine. In about 5 years, everything you said about 9x will apply to XP as well. A few years after that Vista, then 7 then 8 etc. As far as being limited to basic stuff, I don't think so. I do quite a bit with 9x and where it is lacking I write new code to make it better. I'm still struggling to get Windows 8 to work in a 4TB Hard Drive with other stuff present. A task I solved years ago with Windows 9x.

The Demo you describe is for the High Capacity Disk Patch for Hard Drives larger than 137GB.It is a separate Patch from the SATA Patch. There is no Demo SATA Patch.

I have the Multi-Core API. I will let someone else write the Video Driver.

There is no specific maximum size. It depends upon other components as well, Gigabit Ethernet in particular.The Registry is loaded into the DMA area of RAM Memory. The entire area is only 16MiB. The usual symptom of DMA RAM starvation is a VFAT BSOD during boot. The /M option of my RAM Limitation Patch moves the Regsitry out of the DMA area. This eliminates the large Registry issues as well problems when using Gigabit Ethernet. There is a size limit when using REGEDIT from true DOS. I have not seen a limit when using REGEDIT in Windows.

The SATA Patch is not $99 it is $11. The $99 price is for the Terabyte Plus Package for drives larger than 2TiB.1GB is the maximum RAM only for Unpatched Windows 98.

No you don't. There's no 512 MiB RAM limitation (but there is a RAM limitation around twice that amount) nor any FSB frequency limitation whatsoever. Search the forum and read: all the info you need is here, in much detail. There's an issue where there appears to be a 768 MB limit. At least confirmed with the swap file. Setting the virtual memory to more than 768 MB results in a false "Insufficient memory to initialize Windows" (or similar) error message. Possibly applies to RAM amount, too. The "Insufficient Memory to Initialize Windows" Message starts appearing around 1152MB. Above 768MB, the main problem is too much File Cache choking the System Area. This causes DOS Boxes to Fail.

Been there, done that.

That eliminates a lot. Only the following remain: 1. PSU 2. Reseat Power cable. 3. Motherboard 4. CPU 5. CMOS Battery. 6. CMOS Settings, try resettting it. 7. Beeper/Buzzer missing or disconnected (if removable).

Remove all of the RAM. You should get multiple beeps.

It's a CPUID problem in SYSDM.CPL.

Actually 4KB Logical Sectors CAN be emulated. I wrote emulation software to test my DOS Patches up to 32KB Logical Sectors and to test my Windows 9x Patches up to 4KB Logical Sectors before I got my first 3TB USB Drive.

Good , than that part is settled : and explains nicely why that drive is given as compatible with XP and 7 notwithstanding the fact that (evidently) it is a 4Kb "native" drive.It seems like in the STBV3000100 drive there is inside a ST3000DM001, see: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1711967/hard-disk-seagate-expansion-3tb-usb-hard-drive.html so, it would be "only too logical" (but logic rarely applies to Seagate ) that inside the STBV2000100 there is a ST2000DM001, and BOTH are 4K native: jaclazSo far every bare Drive I have ever seen is either 512 or 512E, including the 3TB Seagate Go-Flex that I removed from it's enclosure. I have two >2TB USB Hard Drives from Seagate. a Go-Flex 3TB USB 2 and a Backup Plus 4TB USB 3. Both use separate USB Bridge Modules so that interfaces can be swapped easily. It is possible to plug various Drives into the Modules. Both of them switch Modes according to the size of the attached Hard Drive. Below 2Tib they report 512 Byte Sectors, above 2TiB they report 4KB Logical Sectors. My Backup Plus Drive is in the SRD05D0 Series, not SRD00F2, but I would have assumed that Seagates USB Bridges would continue to support Mode Switching.

I have the same problem. I still have not found any specific information on these Drives. Windows XP does not support 4KB Logical Sectors on IDE and SATA Hard Drives as stated in those links, but it does support 4KB Logical Sectors on USB Drives. It had no problem recognizing my 4TB Seagate Backup Plus Drive. Those "special" XP Drivers are available for some SATA Drives.

Just wanted to be sure. At least one person on the various forums I scanned assumed he had a 2TB when it he actually had a 3TB. SRD00F2 is the Enclosure's Model Number. Seagate lists the Model Numbers as STBV2000100 and STBV3000100.

Is there another Model Number? SRD00F2 gives me links to 2TB and 3TB Drives.

I have a number of Seagate External USB Hard Drives. They use 4K Logical Sectors for Drives larger than 2TiB (2.2TB). The ones below this size, including the 2TB Drives use 512 Byte Logical Sectors and their adapters automatically switch depending on the Drive used. There are 2TB Drives that use 4K Logical Sectors such as the Hitachi Touro, and others above 2TiB that use 512 Byte Logical Sectors. I wasn't expecting it, so I didn't ask about it, but apparently Seagate has chosen to break compatability even when it is not necessary. I have yet to find a BIOS that can recognize a 4K Logical Sector USB Hard Drive. Exactly what Model Drive are you using? I downloaded and examined the MBRs you posted. For the Partition sizes you described, there is not doubt that the Drive is Partitioned with 4K Sectors as Jaclaz has already noted. The other issues he noted won't matter in this case, but you will need many of the Patches in my TeraByte Plus Package to access this drive.

Is it ignored completely or does it Install a Driver and then not get a Drive Letter?

The License is for one Computer. You are allowed to have more than one instance of Windows 9x on that Computer.

If you want to make use of that second Gigabyte, definitely. Considering the Gigabit Network you have, you will probably need the /M option. Gigabit Ethernet sometimes causes issues even with less RAM. The /M Option fixes it. As far as your Video card is concerned, you can get a DVI adapter to use with your Monitor.

My Patch won't install before the Second Boot because it expects the VMM32.VXD File to be already packed. You can boot to DOS and run WININIT, or let Setup run until it fails and then install the Patch. Disabling ACPI prevents the PCI Bus from being enumerated. To get the missing Drivers you need to Manually Add the "PCI BUS" Driver using the "Add Hardware" Control Panel App. It is in the System Driver Section.

My Patch does install properly from Safe-Mode. If it says it's installed, it's done. Removing it only requires rerunning the Command and getting no errors.

Try the Free Demo of my RAM Limitation Patch with the /M Option and see if it makes any difference.