For Windows 95 OSR2.x, suggested max is 32 or 64GB, I don't really remember which. For Windows 98 SE, the upper limit for this is practically 128GB, but there are patches around to make it up to TB levels, if you ever need to. For your case, a 2GB maximum FAT16 for MS-DOS 6.22+Windows 3.1x and another larger FAT32 partition for Windows 9x. If automating the process is not the absolute necessity, this is what I do :įirst HDD: Make two primary partitions. I don't know how I would get this to work or if possible at all, maybe someone on here could help me with this. Have a beginning partition that is hidden and also would be the "restore" partition that has maybe DOS installed with a image, and with a dos program to reimage the C partition with the drive image, the way the restore partition would be invoked would be maybe with a custom boot loader, that you would press some key before the operating system would load, that would temporarily unhide the recovery partition to reinstall the OS, or also if the C drive isn't bootable or C drive erased and formatted it would evoke it automatically to reinstall the OS from a image on the recovery partition. I am thinking of doing something like this. I want to create something like a restore partition for my older computers. I am wondering if Restore partition ever existed in the DOS / Windows 3.1x / 9x era of computers? I have known since windows xp and possibly windows 2000 some companies that sold computers, had a restore partition on the computer that you could reinstall the OS without the CD, But I don't know that if it ever existed with DOS/ Win 3.1x/9x computers, since I know that most computers with those OS's came with install disks.