> > "Ontrack"  disk manager software (often available free from the disk
> > drive supplier) has helped overcome disk size limitations on several
> > occasions. You MAY need an older version, but maybe not.

.....

> How is any software that isn't part of the bios supposed to help the bios
> see the disk drive?

Smoke, mirrors and an extremely good grasp of how a PC works. They burrow
completely under the whole system by inserting code that pre-empts the
standard boot sector. Very hard to get rid of too I may add :-). Disk looks
like a smaller one to the system and they work some magic unknown to me (but
obviously must be logical as it works) that produces the desired result.

It works, so I assume it must be possible :-)


        Russell McMahon.

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