From: "Robert Comer" 

It depends on your BIOS what the limitations are.  For the most part it's
gone for new hardware.

- Bob Comer





"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
news:42f23705{at}w3.nls.net...
> Quick question...at one point, there was a limitation that the OS files
> had to reside below, I believe the 8gig boundary.  Is that still a
> constraint in todays world?  I don't think so, thought I'd at least toss
> that old wives tale out on the table.
>
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>
> Glenn M.
> "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
> news:42f234d3$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> I've still got a full version of PM 7, that I've been able to use on this
>> 32 gig drive successfully to slide partition sizes around (shrink C and
>> D, expand E and G as needed, E is boot, most everything else is stored on
>> G). E was my ancient/old OS/2 HPFS partition back when I dual booted
>> between Win 98 and OS/2 back on an original 8Gig drive.  Then I blew that
>> away when I moved to Win2K.  Then, moved to a 25 gig HD, and added G to
>> the mix.  Cloned all that to the current 32gig that came with my A21p
>> Thinkpad. (moved from a 770ED to the A21p).  Now, I've gone to XP on the
>> laptop for some application compatibility, and want more space/speed on
>> the HD.
>>
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>>
>> Glenn M.
>> "Frank Haber"  wrote in message
>> news:42f23154$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>I think Acronis users need two products to 1. clone, with expansion to a
>>>bigger new drive.  2. do full partition management.
>>>
>>> I've used a client's Acronis 7.something, and it worked 4 times and
>>> failed once.
>>>
>>> Ghost 9 feels cobbled together.  Ghost 2003, which I also own, fails
>>>  >200G, on SATA, etc.
>>>
>>> The drive mfrs free cloners, the ones you get with a retail drive,
>>> mostly work, but I've had to run the target on a 40-pin cable in a
>>> couple of instances to get a reliable image.  There are noises off of
>>> SATA trouble there, too.
>>>
>>> I think the situtation is, uh, fluid.  Don't expect the brick *house
>>> reliability we used to enjoy in the PM 3-5 days (after we waited for the
>>> .01 upgrade to fix the bugs).
>>
>>
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