Reader: I recently purchased a second-hand PC which came with no software. Before and after I installed my copy of Windows 95 from my previous PC onto this computer, the BIOS setup confirmed that the hard drive has a 3.1GB storage capacity. Computer Doctor: Windows 95 and Windows 95a have a 2.1GB limit per drive letter. If you want to use the rest of the drive's capacity, you need to run Fdisk and create an extended partition and set up a logical drive D: inside the extended partition.

Ans: If the BIOS is upto date, it should support 48-bit hard drive access. Windows however does not support this by default. Update to the latest service pack and add this key to the registry - To enable 48-bit LBA large-disk support in the registry: 1. Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe). 2. Locate and then click the following key in the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Atapi\Parameters 3.

Computer Doctor: It may be necessary, but first you should make sure that you have used the correct information for setting the jumpers. Many drive makers supply two sets of instructions: one set of jumper settings is used for systems whose BIOSes can use the drive's full capacity, and a second set of settings that may be referred to as "spare" or "alternate" or "reduced capacity". These settings reduce the reported size of the drive to 2.

You have likely created the image on the FAT32 file system which has a 4Gb file size limitation. Therefore larger files can not be created there. If this is the case, we would suggest that you either use NTFS (through network or attaching the drive to a Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 box if you are running Windows 9x/ME) or split your drive into regions each less than 4Gb, create their images and make virtual volume set afterwards if you need to recover files from there.

With Boot Camp Beta 1.1 or later, yes, but you can install only one Windows partition on any of your computer volumes. The Setup Assistant will allow you to partition drives, or to install Microsoft Windows on an entire drive if it does not contain Mac OS X. Note: You cannot install Microsoft Windows on an external hard drive.

Computer Doctor: Many computers built before 1999 have various limitations on the size of the hard drive. Some systems can't recognize drives larger than 2.1GB or 4.2GB, while others can't recognize drives over 8.4GB. In some cases your system will hang when it tries to access the new hard drive, while in other cases the BIOS and Fdisk can only detect part of the drive's capacity. In all cases like this, the best solution is to obtain a BIOS upgrade from the motherboard or system vendor.

The drive may be set to be a slave drive. The drive must be set to be a master drive, or must have the cable select option set to be recognized by the D102A.

Yes. There's one easy-to-use pack for upgrading from Microsoft Windows version 3.1, Windows 95, and Windows for Workgroups version 3.2x. Also, Windows 98 is backward compatible with Windows 3.1, Windows 95, and the MS-DOS® operating systems.

The Disk Management window appears. Your disks and volumes appear in a graphical view and list view. To customize how you view your disks and volumes in the upper and lower panes of the window, point to Top or Bottom on the View menu, and then click the view that you want to use.

Right-click on My Computer and select Manage. Click Disk Management in the left menu under Storage. The new drive will appear as Unallocated in the display window on the right. Right-click the Unallocated drive and select 'New Partition' to start the New Partition Wizard. If the drive is already formatted, you will first need to click on 'Delete Parition.

Windows XP can mount and support FAT32 volumes larger than 32 GB, but will not allow you to format a FAT32 volume larger than 32 GB. If you need to format a volume that is larger than 32 GB, start from a Microsoft Windows 98SE or Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me) Startup disk and use the Format tool included on the disk or you can try the format suggestion at www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk .

Games marked with a Windows 9x icon will NOT run under Windows 3.1 (32bit system vs 16 bit system). In rare cases, special software may allow Windows 9x games to run under Windows 3.1. We are unable to test whether our games will work with such software and cannot provide any support for this software. DOS games can also be run unders Windows 3.1. Note that pressing alt+enter while running a DOS program will cause the program to switch between window and full screen mode.

Cosmo Player 2.x does not support Windows 3.1. However, the previous release of Cosmo Player (version 1.0 Beta 5) is available for Windows 3.1; see www.cosmosoftware.com.

You must have Windows 98 Second Edition installed, or you need to have updated your installation of Windows 98 using the Windows Update website. You must also install the driver for your DiskGO™ flash drive before you connect it to the computer. The DiskGO™ flash drive device has a write-protect switch located on its side. Make sure that the switch is not in the "locked" position. If it is, use a ballpoint pen or small object to push the switch back to the "unlocked" position.

Windows: By default, the preferences are stored in HKCU/Software/BitWise Chat/BitWise. Optionally, you may store the preferences in BitWise.ini in your home folder by pressing "Setup" prior to logging in and specifying you wish to store your preferences in that file rather than the registry. Detached mode allows you to use basic client features even when your computer cannot maintain communication with the BitWise server.

Both Netscape and Microsoft have measures in place that limit the number of cookies that will be saved on your hard drive at one time. Both Internet Explorer and Netscape conform to the RFC 2109 limitations on your total cookie count to 300 (this includes a limit of 20 cookies per individual domain). If you exceed this, the browser will discard your least-used cookies to make room for the new ones.

After a cookie is transmitted through an HTTP header, it is stored in the memory of your browser. This way the information is quickly and readily available without re-transmission. As we have seen, however, it is possible for the lifetime of a cookie to greatly exceed the amount of time the browser will be open. In such cases, the browser must have a way of saving the cookie when you are not browsing, or when your computer is shut off.

Check question number 6 about startup disks; most people need these because of hard disk problems. Apple provides an "erase disk" option on their main menu which will re-initialize some but not all hard drives. Apple also has a "disk test" utility to test formatted disks. There is also a popular control panel add on for "SCSI probe" which is helpful, check various Mac shareware sites for it.

Each person who has logged into the computer will have his or her files and settings stored in a folder named with his or her user name. Only the person who is logged in (or an Administrator) can access his or her personal folder. To find these user folders: The My Documents folder is located within this user folder (Note: The My Documents icon on your desktop is a shortcut to this folder). Files that were saved to the desktop are located in the Desktop folder.

Ans: The problem here is that the drive has not been "initialized" or formatted yet. When you install a brand new HD into WinXP/Win2K, it gets detected in your system by the installation wizard and its drivers are installed. Normally you know this because it will inform you that a new drive has been installed and will ask you to reboot. However, upon rebooting you might not see a new drive show up in Windows Explorer.

This could mean that your PC has been shipped with a feature call FirstWare RecoverPro which is a disaster recovery solution offered with some SCENIC/ESPRIMO PC's. Please read our FirstWare RecoverPro Support Pages for more information on this feature.

Most external drives you purchase are formatted for PCs. If you are only going to use it with your Mac then you should reformat the drive by using "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)". If you are gong to use it with your Mac and a PC then use "MS-DOS file system" format. To format or reformat a drive you will have to erase it. So before you erase the drive, copy your files to another drive.

This is due to a conflict with 3 network files - CLARISNW.DLL, NETBIONW.DLL and NOVELLNW.DLL. If you delete these three files which are located in the program directories, FileMaker will run. If you did not change the default install program directories when SuperSearch was being installed on your hard drive, delete these three files from the following directories that have been made on your hard drive: C:\SI-SFX, C:\SI-RFMUSIC, C:\SI-XV, and C:\SI-MUSICAUDITION.

Some files on the Mac contain supplemental information that is associated with the file. While the Mac can keep these associations intact, other operating systems (such as Windows) cannot since they are not built to understand such supplemental information.

A popular way to configure PPP under Windows 3.1 is with the use of the Trumpet Winsock utilities. The following is an outline of how to setup a Personal RXN PPP Service or Dedicated RXN PPP Service using the tools available with MS Windows v3.1 and Trumpet Winsock v2.0b .

Windows 3.1 drivers can be downloaded from FujiFilm and will work with all brands of FlashPath adapters. Start at the FujiFilm Software Center, then click Download Driver Files. You must accept the Fuji License Agreement before being allowed to download the drivers. You can also download Windows 3.1 drivers from SmartDisk Corporation. Click Download Drivers when you get to the site.

No. @ctiVideo is a 32-bit only tool and we are not planning to release a 16-bit version in foreseeable future.

No. We no longer support Windows 3.11 or lower, nor does Microsoft. Due to the CPU demand for Internet connectivity Windows 3.11 is old technology. Upgrade today to get the best benefits of the web.