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My RetroPc (and problem inside)

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First post, by 5a796d

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Hi everyone! I mounted a retrogaming machine so composed

A7V600-X
Athlon XP 2000 Thorton superlocked --- unlocked with mobile mod (0343)
512MB RAM
GeForce FX 5200 64bit 128MB AGP
Sound Blaster Live Player 1024 PCI
Ide -Sata Adapter (Pio 4 - Udma 6)
Kingston 240GB SSD 32GB System Partition
Windows 98 SE

I have a problem with the SSD,
If I exceed the 32GB of system partition I can't install Windows, it is not a problem mainly. The problem is that if I create a second partition on the SSD of any size, this new partition automatically assumes the letter of the unit of the CD (D),
Which for me could be a problem because I remember that some games are necessarily requires the CD unit on D.

Since I wanted to maintain total compatibility also for DOS games, I would like to avoid using patch for larger partitions. If you tell me that there are no problems then I bring the partition to 125GB and in place like this
. In this case I ask you where I can find it.

P.S. I already did a test by increasing the size of the partition on another PC, result: the system no longer started and I had to reinstall, obviously bringing the partition back to 32GB. maybe because the patch is missing but I'm not sure.

Reply 1 of 2, by jh80

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1. Windows 98 (and DOS 7.1) will work with partitions of <128 GB. Where are you getting 32 GB from? I believe that was a limit of Windows 95. Actually, Windows 98 will recognize even larger partitions (>128 GB) but will not work correctly and corrupt data without patching.

2. Specifically what games are you worried about not working with the CD drive set to D:? If you don't have anything in mind, I wouldn't worry about it. It must be incredibly rare - I've never encountered it or heard of any specific cases (just encountered many people worried about it over the years...). I don't doubt that there's some game out there with that requirement, but I think it's better to deal with it as it arises rather than greatly inconvenience yourself by never using multiple partitions (!).

Reply 2 of 2, by jakethompson1

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I encountered plenty of things that would get unhappy if the CD-ROM changed drive letters after the program was installed, but never anything that specifically required that it be drive D: and absolutely nothing else. You'd have to be pretty dense to write something needing that; many of the programmers likely had a second partition or second hard drive anyway.

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