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Originally to: Kevin Klement

Hello Kevin!

30 Sep 09 17:27, Kevin Klement wrote to mark lewis:

 KK> I know MS-DOS FAT16 can only partition 2GB drive, I have a 200GB drive
 KK> and I want to use MS-DOS 6.22 on it, and make some extended
 KK> partitions, you know may be C: D: E: F: etc...

 KK> I had a program called EZ-BIOS to fool the BIOS into doing this, but I
 KK> cant find it, any suggestion on a good program to do this?

Your BIOS doesn't support LBA or does 200GB surpass a limit to the LBA 
implementation?  I remember the wall at 8GB, but I don't think I've ever 
installed DOS on more than a 10GB.  All that needed was a new enough BIOS with 
LBA support and maybe "yes" to large disk support prompt in FDISK, which I think 
came later after 6.22.

For software solutions, both Seagate and WD have bundled Ontrack and similar 
with the retail versions of their HDs.  If you don't have a recent utility CD, 
they can probably be downloaded from the HD vendor's sites.  They are usually 
crippled to work specifically with the source vendor's drives though, so hit the 
right site.  Never had to use them myself, so can't vouch for the results.

.\\ike

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