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Addressing drive-capacity limitations
Some DOS-based computers and operating systems are not
designed to accommodate large-capacity hard disc drives. The
three most common system limitations are listed below, along
with suggestions for overcoming these limitations. See your sys-
tem manual to determine which (if any) of these limitations
applies to your computer.
528-Mbyte limit
The BIOS in some older computers cannot accommodate drives
with capacities greater than 528 Mbytes. Seagate provides free
Disk Manager software with your drive to overcome this limita-
tion. Alternatively, you can purchase a hard drive controller or a
BIOS upgrade that supports drives with capacities greater than
528 Mbytes.
The 32-bit disk access feature in Windows 3.1 does not work
with drives that have capacities greater than 528 Mbytes. If you
want to use 32-bit disk access with Windows 3.1, see the file
SEG32BIT.TXT, located on your DiscWizard diskette, for further
information.
4,096-cylinder limit
The BIOS in some computers cannot support drives that have
more than 4,096 cylinders (approximately 2.1 Gbytes). If you
install a drive with more than 4,096 cylinders in one of these
computers, the computer may "freeze" or fail to boot . If you have
this problem, see "Additional troubleshooting tips" on page 24.
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