January 10, 2012

Dear Forum,

I'm jumping from Windows 98SE to Windows 7 and having a problem

using Norton's Ghost with 7.

I'm sure getting the answer to these four questions will lead me on a path

to success:

First, this is my new box's Hard Drive.........

1 TB Hitachi 7200 RPM

Pre-partitioned by Bootable CD of "EaseUS Partition Master Pro v9.0", which is

a 2012 version of good old DOS's "Partition Magic".

http://www.partition-tool.com/professional.htm

C: 75 Gigs NTFS Windows 7

D: 25 Gigs NTFS Program Files

E: 15 Gigs NTFS Used for making 4 Gig+ DVD files

F: 600 Gigs Fat32

G: 30 Gigs Fat32 Ghost Images

H: to M: 3 to 30 Gigs in size, all Fat32.

1. What is the maximum size partition that DOS, from a Windows 98SE boot disk,

can see?

2. Is there a newer version of DOS out there, perhaps from a Windows ME boot

floppy, or Windows XP?

3. When I used Partition Master, after the Primary 75 Gig C: was made, I could

have gone two different routes...

A: Make the balance of the HDD an "Extended Partition" and then make D: to M:

all "Logical Drives" within that "Extended Partition".

B: Make the balance of the HDD, D: to M: ALL "Logical Drives".

Which is the proper way to go?

4. With the C:, D: and E: being NTFS, when I boot the HDD with a floppy boot

disk and get the A: prompt, if I type C: and hit enter, will I get a C:

prompt that in actuality will be the F: drive?

Thanks in advance for all of your help.

Bug_zs

1. What is the maximum size partition that DOS, from a Windows 98SE boot disk,

can see?

2. Is there a newer version of DOS out there, perhaps from a Windows ME boot

floppy, or Windows XP?

3. When I used Partition Master, after the Primary 75 Gig C: was made, I could

have gone two different routes...

A: Make the balance of the HDD an "Extended Partition" and then make D: to M:

all "Logical Drives" within that "Extended Partition".

B: Make the balance of the HDD, D: to M: ALL "Logical Drives".

Which is the proper way to go?

4. With the C:, D: and E: being NTFS, when I boot the HDD with a floppy boot

disk and get the A: prompt, if I type C: and hit enter, will I get a C:

prompt that in actuality will be the F: drive?

Thanks in advance for all of your help.

Bug_zs

1. 2TB

2. Yes, from Windows ME. But why bother?

3. A. All Logical Partitions are within an Extended Partition. There is no room to make them Primary Partitions.

4. Yes.