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More info?)
Technically not true. There are dynamic drive overlays used by
companies that allow the OS to see the full size even when the BIOS
can't. This may be an option if you can't get the BIOS to work with
48bit LBA.
Two things for the OP. First, do check and see if there is a setting in
the BIOS for 48bit LBA as that will be far easier than anything else
(and much better). Second, go ahead and check the MB Manufacturer's
website for a BIOS update as this may fix the problem.
If all else fails, you may want to try a PCI IDE controller card or a
Dynamic Drive Overlay utility that can sometimes be obtained from the
Hard Drive Manufacturer.
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Nathan McNulty
Norm wrote:
> There is no way any OS can see more of the disk than the bios can.
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> "Andy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:569c01c48142$6fb90e80$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> I have to disagee with you, it is an XP issue, you need
> to have SP1 at least to allow XP to see the full capacity
> of the drive of any drive above 120Gb
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>Check with the user manual for your PC / MOBO. Find out
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> what the limitations
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>>are on the MOBO: it is not an XP problem.
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>>You might be lucky to find a BIOS update on the
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> manufactures downloads that
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>>accomodates an increase in HDD size.
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>>Be very careful and make sure you have full, printed
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> instructions before
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>>attempting to 'flash' your BIOS. Get it wrong and your
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> PC will need to go to
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>>the Hospital in order to work again.
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>>"Praveen" wrote:
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>>>When I load windows to the hard drive, in the BIOS it
>>>shows 131GB. In Windows XP Professional it also shows
>>>131GB. How do I use all 200GB of my drive to overcome
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> this
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>>>problem?
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