|Even if the computers BIOS will handle more than 137 gig,
|Win 98/SE/ME is limited to 137 gig.[...]
|move the data off the drive and partition it to 137 gig,
|or a few gig less to be safe,
|and [do] not partition the rest, or if you do, just [do] not use it.[...]
|It's an OS issue that MS has no intention of fixing
|as it is out of support and would need some extensive rewriting to fix[...]
| C K

I'm thinking that this is an ideal opportunity for the OP to expand his/her horizons.
.On the remaining space, s/he could put a filesystem type that Windows 98
(or WinNT for that matter) wouldn't recognize even if it tripped over it.

Linux supports so many filesystem types, it could make your head spin:[1] 
http://www.google.com/search?q=minix+ext+ext2+xia+umsdos+proc+nfs+hpfs+sysv+ncpfs...

One of the numerous bootable Linux CDs would get him/her started 
cache of http://www.frozentech.com/content/livecd.php
and, if the first one wasn't quite to his/her liking, another could be tried[2]
until one is found to be **best fit for me**
at which time that preferred Linux distro could be *installed* on the HDD.
(Linux comes with boot managers too.) http://www.google.com/search?q=LiLo+GRUB

Just a thought.


[1] BTW, Linux now has FULL NTFS support (yes, writing too)
cache of http://www.ntfs-3g.org
and has had FAT/FAT32/VFAT support almost as long as Windoze has.

[2] Most flavors of Linux are gratis.  Ubuntu and its variants
(Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu...) are the current darlings of the desktop crowd.

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