Re: enable large hard drive

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From: "Jerry" <NoSpamChiefZeke@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 13:34:18 -0800

Invoke 48-bit LBA.

See KB303013 - How to Enable 48-bit Logical Block Addressing Support for
ATAPI Disk Drives in Windows XP

"alexphel" <alexphel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have windows xp pro with service pack 2. I have 2 hard drives, one is a
250
gb max and the other is a 160 gb max. My motherboard BIOS recognizes both
as
250 and 160. Windows recognizes both as 127 gb. What do I need to do so
that
windows recognizes both as their true values?

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