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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
most common system limitations are list ed below.
528-Mbyte limit
The BIOS in some older computers cannot support drives with
capacities greater than 528 Mbytes. Seagate provides free Disk
Manager software with your drive to overcome this limitat ion.
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 fi le
SEG32BIT.TXT, located on your DiscWizard diskette, for further
information.
8.4-Gbtye limit
If your drive’s capacity is greater than 8.4 Gbytes, the capacity
may exceed the limits of your system BIOS and operating sys-
tem. DOS and Windows operating systems and most system
BIOS limit the drive partitions to 8. 4 Gbytes per physical drive.
Because of this limitation, a 32-b it f ile al loc ati on ta ble (FAT32) is
needed to support drive capacities greater than 8.4 Gbytes.
To achieve your d riv e’s full capacity, you need a Wind ow s ope rat-
ing system that supports FAT32

and

device support for drive
capacities greater than 8.4 Gbytes, from one of the following: