>>>> The partition is 7GB in size.
>>> there lies your problem, DOS programs are limited to 2gig max
>>> partitions, there is a file called 2gigfix, runs as a trs in each DOS
>>> window, it will only allow DOS programs to see a max of 2 gig....

RW>>Paul, thing is is my WinXP drive is 200GB in size and Ezy runs without
RW>>any problems at all on that machine.

 PS> possibly win xp loads a driver that stops DOS programs from
 PS> seeing more than 2gig, 2gig plus is a DOS limitation....

actually, its more like a 16bit limitation... 2gb is the max that can be
represented by a long integer in the 16bit world...

)\/(ark