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  1. Thanks for the quick response! Well I think you just explained it. I never actually loaded windows, and was only running from the command prompt. So the problem only exists with the driver used by the windows GUI - not when running in its true DOS mode. Thanks for the clarification. I also have an add-in card with a driver. However I'd rather not use this, as my BIOS already supports 48-bit addressing. It would be a shame to install it just to utilize its driver. Has anyone developed a fix or work-around for this yet? ......gary
  2. OK, I've read this entire thread and have been doing some experiments. Perhaps someone can point out what I'm doing wrong or right. I used the following hardware: ASUS P5RD1-V (AMI BIOS, ULI M1573 chipset, supports 48-bit addressing) Seagate ST3160023A (160GB, ATA, UDMA5, supports 48-bit addressing) I partitioned and formatted the drive with Seagate's software, CHS = 19457x255x63, FAT32. The drive is configured as 2 partitions (C: & D:), each 80 GB. I did NOT install Seagate's "Dynamic Drive Overlay" (DDO). I then temporarily installed a 2nd hard drive (40 GB WD) and booted with a WinME startup disk. I created 8 directories on each partition and copied approximately 10GB of data from the 2nd drive into all directories of the second partition (and only on the 1st directory of C:). I used the /v to verify the copy operation. After each copy, I ran scandisk and had no errors. While filling the last directory, #8, I ran out of space (as expected). I did a FC /b of all files, comparing the 1st and 7th directories - no differences found. I then deleted all files in the 8th directory, and again did a FC on the 1st and 7th directories - no differences found. So it appears that my data is fine. There does not seem to be any sort of "wrap-around" occurring. DIR is reporting the correct drive and directory sizes. After deleting all the files in the 8th directory, I regained the correct amount of space. Everything seems correct. Is this because I was using WinME instead of Win98? (I did not have a Win98 startup disk handy) Is it because I'm running in DOS mode? Is it because I have partitioned the drive into two 80GB partitions? Are there some other tests I should run? I'd like to install Win98 on this machine/drive and use it, but I do have some concerns and value my data. Comments appreciated! ......gary
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