Saturday, July 23, 2005
Formatting drives larger than 64GB with FAT32/Win98:
HexFF LLC::Windows 98 & Large Hard Drives: "The FORMAT program that ships with Windows 98 has a drive size calculation problem because of some 16-bit values internally to calculate the size of the drive. Some of these variables overflow when the drive size is equal to or larger than 64GB and then display the drive size minus 64GB.
This is a display, or cosmetic, issue only. The drive will be formatted to its full capacity. Microsoft has not released an updated program to correct this flaw."
HexFF LLC::Windows 98 & Large Hard Drives: "The FORMAT program that ships with Windows 98 has a drive size calculation problem because of some 16-bit values internally to calculate the size of the drive. Some of these variables overflow when the drive size is equal to or larger than 64GB and then display the drive size minus 64GB.
This is a display, or cosmetic, issue only. The drive will be formatted to its full capacity. Microsoft has not released an updated program to correct this flaw."
