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Q246818: Windows 95 Does Not Support Hard Disks Larger Than 32 GB

Article: Q246818
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:95
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbenv osr2 diskmem win95 kbDiskMemory
Last Modified: 27-JUL-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 
- Microsoft Windows 95 OEM Service Release, versions 1.0, 2.0, 2.1, 2.5 
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SUMMARY
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Hard disks and other media that are larger than 32 gigabytes (GB) in size are
not supported in any version of Windows 95.

MORE INFORMATION
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Hard disks and other media larger than 32 GB in size were not available at the
time Windows 95 and subsequent Windows 95 OEM Service Releases were developed.
The changes required to support media larger than 32 GB in Windows 95 would
require architectural changes that cannot be supported on these platforms.


Microsoft Windows 98 does support IDE hard disks larger than 32 GB in size, if
the hotfix documented in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article is
applied:

  Q243450 ScanDisk Errors on IDE Hard Disks Larger Than 32 GB

Microsoft recommends that customers who want to use media larger than 32 GB in
size upgrade to Microsoft Windows 98 or Microsoft Windows NT.


Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbenv osr2 diskmem win95 kbDiskMemory 
Technology        : kbWin95search kbOPKSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin95OPKOSR25 kbWin95OPKOSR210
Version           : WINDOWS:95
Issue type        : kbinfo

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