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Old 28-08-2004, 10:03 AM   #6
Guybrush
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Actually it mainly depends on the type of file system used and how up to date your BIOS is. The original Windows 95 only supported the FAT16 file system while all later versions could use FAT32 as well. FAT16 has a partition limit of 2GB while FAT32 is 4 Terabytes.

Windows 95 - 2 GB (FAT16)
Win95 OSR2 - 32 GB (FAT32)
Windows 98 - 128 GB (FAT32)
Windows Me - 2 TB (FAT32)

With an older laptop I imagine the BIOS would present a problem, but on the other hand I doubt I would need that much space anyway. Even 2GB would no doubt be plenty for what I want to use it for. For what little I'd be using Windows I figure 95 would be just fine.

I have Windows XP on my desktop and have gotten almost all of my old games to work fine on it one way or another (DOSbox, VirtualPC, VDMSound, glide wrappers). I would just rather have a laptop to play them on. The desktop is fine for a quick game of UT or racing games, but old adventure games can involve hours of playing time. That's no fun when you have to sit at a desk the whole time.
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