Re: WinXP and Hard Drive Capacity

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From: Ron Sommer (rsommer_at_nospam.ktis.net)
Date: 11/15/04 

Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 05:46:45 -0600

"CS" <nomail@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 19:55:21 -0500, "bhoenig<no-spam>"
> <"bhoenig<no-spam>"@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Answers are in line below.....
>
>>I'm considering upgrading my second physical hard drive from 80 Gigs to
>>250 Gigs (for video-editing, etc). Before I do that I want to make sure
>>that WinXP will have no problems recognizing the entire capacity of the
>>new drive. A few questions:
>
> The issue with large hard drives (over 137gb) is whether or not your
> motherboard BIOS will recognize the full capacity of the drive. Your
> MB "must" be able to effect 48bit LBA in order for the entire hard
> drive to be "seen". XP SP2 will have no problem recognizing the drive
> provided your MB does.

If the Bios can't be upgraded to recognize the 250 GB drive, then a
controller card will be needed. 

-- 
Ron Sommer
>
>>1.  I presently have 2 partitions on the 80 Gig drive (FAT32, set-up by
>>Partition Magic).  I want to use DriveImage 2002 to copy data from the
>>old drive to the new.  Will this work, or is 250 Gigs too much?
>
> Drive Image 2002 will be able to make an image of your 80 gb drive but
> may not be able to correctly copy the image to the 250gb drive.  I
> believe the maximum capacity for DI 2002 is 150gb.  I can't find the
> exact size requirement in the DI 2002 manual so I'm quoting from
> memory.  I may be wrong.  Also - DI will only be able to "see" what
> your MB can "see" as far as drive capacity goes.
>
>>2.  Will WinXP have any problems recognizing a 250 Gig drive?  (I have
>>XP Pro-SP1).
>
> No, but see above about your MB and 48bit LBA.
>
>>3.  I have Goback installed onto my system, but I don't have it
>>monitoring this particular drive.  Can I safely do the upgrade without
>>disabling Goback first?
>
> I would disable Goback as it is not compatible with Drive Image.

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