Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Have you hit the 500 MB drive limit on older systems like a 386? This is due to a limitation in the BIOS. One workaround is to use a BIOS overlay provided by applications like EZ-Drive. Another solution is to use a BIOS extension called XT-IDE Universal BIOS. In today's video, I will try to use XTIDE for the first time... Watch me make every mistake possible!

Resources:
Realtek: realtek.com/Download/List?cate_id=597
XTIDE Binaries: xtideuniversalbios.org/binaries
XTIDE Wiki: lo-tech.co.uk/wiki/XTIDE_Universal_BIOS
XTIDE Help: minuszerodegrees.net/xtide/XUB/XUB.htm

Tony's channel: youtube.com/@tony359

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▬▬▬▬ *Timestamps* ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
00:00 Trying a 6.4GB HDD
02:14 EZ-Drive
07:26 Get XTIDE
12:10 Configure ISA network adapter
15:26 Flash XT-IDE
17:52 XT-IDE: Test #1
19:50 XT-IDE: Test #2
22:05 XT-IDE: Test #3
24:00 Configure XTIDE
29:07 XT-IDE: Test #4
32:17 TLDW: How to create XTIDE
33:46 6.4GB HDD
34:02 Bitter sweet success
36:48 What we do in the next video