3.2GB is way too big for most, if not all, vanilla 386 BIOSes to handle. You need XTide.

...or just use plain old DDO software.
Think about it, the disk you are trying to use is of an immense capacity for that era. Like 20-30 times bigger. You got lucky that you could even type in a value >1024 for cylinders.

Thanks for the quick great info, I dont have the skills to use flashing with XTide so I have had a look at the DDO from PhilsComputerLab and will tackle it soon, fingers crossed!

Had this problem using a 20.4 GB Maxtor hard drive on a Socket 7 Pentium system that could only really see ~8GB. I ended up finding the Maxtor Drive Overlay software that boots before anything else and lets me use the whole 20.4GB in Windows 95. Works like a charm.

There is no reason for XT-IDE if you JUST want to use full capacity of a bigger drive. Granted, it has a multitude of additional very nice features, but if you only need to be able to make use of drives with bigger capacities than supported by BIOS, you might as well just use Overlay software. I recommend EZ-Drive (Western Digital version, it works with every drive regardless of manufacturer.)

What version of EZDrive are you talking of jaZz_KCS I tried ezdrive9.exe from here:

http://www.philscomputerlab.com/western-digital.html

and it would not work well after when booting from a floppy

GabrielKnight123 wrote:

What version of EZDrive are you talking of jaZz_KCS I tried ezdrive9.exe from here:

http://www.philscomputerlab.com/western-digital.html

and it would not work well after when booting from a floppy

I use 9.09W in all occasions I have to use overlay software, and it never fails me.

What exactly doesnt work? (Sometimes if there is already data present in the MBR, the installation fails with errors. In this case you just choose "Full Automatic Setup" again, and the second time it works.

If you need help with it just shout out. I have been using it on various media with various sizes.