K7N2 delta max HDD with Window 98SE

I haven't been able to find this info on this forum so far. I'm trying to install a 160 gb Samsung HDD on the above mobo with Win98SE and I'm having a bugger of a time as the data keeps getting corrupted. I've received conflicting data that these boards will take up to 160, while elsewhere I hear 137gb is the limit. Any ideas?

Your other possible course of action here is to use the Rudolf Loew patch which resolves the issue. I have read quite a few posts which confirm that it works and overcomes the 137Gb (Win98Se's problem is I beleive 128Gb..i think) constraint imposed by win98se.
The prog is very small and only costs $10. There is a demo version which caps disk size at 145Gb. Why don' t you partition your HDD below 145 Gb and give it a try.
Here is the link by the way
http://members.aol.com/rloew1/
I will be upgrading my dual boot system (with 98se) shortly with a bigger hard disk drive and will be purchasing this prog to see if it works.
The only thing you will have is formating difficulties with the windows utilities and I would tend to ditch those as they are not flexible and go for a third party utility. I use Partition Magic but there are several others to choose from.
As you probably know there also patches for 98SE as regards Firewire compatibility, running Serial ATA drives and allowing 98se to read (but not write to) NTFS partitions.
Hope this helps
Good Luck
EDIT: I think that a pci ATA Controller card would also overcome this issue....As the regards the mobo ability to deal with HDD >137Gb (from a bios perspective), if you mobo has 48bit LBA then it will not be problematic.

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