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free377
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_ 		4. May 2011 @ 14:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have a desktop that works great from 1996 that I only use for burning DVDs; I can easily reload Win 98 when I need to (only 2X since 1996) and it has 2 new wonderful burning drives; now it has only a 20 GB HD on it and uses Win 98SE; can I just buy an old "new" HD to increase the HD amount and pop it in? What #s are/were available for it? Even only adding 80 GB would be great. I assume I can add another one and just have 2 drives running, correct? I CANNOT hook up an outside drive, as the USB ports are NOT powered. Anyone who has some quick info on how to know what HD specs I need to know about and where on my computer to find them, what to search for on eBay for a drive, and then a link on how to pop it in, would be greatly appreciated.
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Deadrum33
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_ 		4. May 2011 @ 22:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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"Windows 98 & Large Hard Drives
If you have decided to update your Windows 98 PC with a new, large capacity, hard drive, be aware that Windows 98 was not designed to work with hard drives larger than 64GB!

This document describes some workarounds that will allow you to increase this limitation to 127GB or more."
Heres something i found after a quick google...

http://www.hexff.com/w98_hd.php
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http://www.youtube.com/user/maniacdrums/videos

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