Re: New hard drive maximum size.

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>> "John Parry" <JohnParry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:875A7BC1-0FC6-4A1E-BBC7-A84D69AC9DFA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > To be honest I would agree with the advice of where ever possible,
>> > sticking
>> > with a BIOS upgrade. Obviously the simpler things are kept then
>> > (usually)
>> > the
>> > better they are, I understand a BIOS upgrade is not always possible so
>> > a
>> > Registry altering program like the one mentioned would be preferable to
>> > changing the Registry yourself for the vast majority of users. Of
>> > course
>> > all
>> > these procedures do contain a certain amount of risk but having said
>> > that,
>> > doing ANYTHING within Windows carries a certain amount of danger
>> > however
>> > simple the task is.


> "Anna" wrote:
>> John:
>> My advice still stands. I strongly advise against using the Maxtor Big
>> Drive
>> Enabler in an XP environment. I can virtually guarantee this program (and
>> similar third-party programs from the HD manufacturers) will cause you
>> grief
>> down the road. And the problem will be (as many computer repair
>> technicians
>> such as myself have learned) that it's difficult, if not impossible, to
>> diagnose that the problem has arisen because of the installation of these
>> types of programs and nothing short of zapping the drive will correct the
>> situation. It was true enough with the OSs prior to XP, and even more so
>> with the advent of XP. Simply stated, there is no place for these types
>> of
>> programs within an XP environment.
>>
>> If a BIOS upgrade is not available, purchase a controller card such as
>> the
>> Promise one I previously mentioned. They're cheap enough and they do what
>> they're supposed to do. And frankly, if your motherboard's BIOS doesn't
>> support large-capacity disks, i.e., disks > 137 GB, it's really time to
>> purchase a "modern" motherboard, especially since you're going to be
>> using
>> in your system drives that are 160 GB and larger.
>> Anna


"Gary Gratton" <GaryGratton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have much the same problem as was originally started in this thread.
> However, I do have a MB that supports the neccessary BIOS level so I've
> passed that milestone.
>
> My problem is that I want the 200g Maxtor drive I've just purchased to be
> my
> boot drive and have all space to be continuous (however, maybe I should
> rethink my "old" approach to having space as large as possible and
> consdier
> some other "virtual" disk?) but the Windows XP Pro CD I have doesn't yet
> support greater than 137G. That requires SP2 (maybe SP1 but a moot point)
> which I odn't have until after I've completed the native XP install and
> can
> apply the update from the web.
>
> I don't see how to create an "updated" installation CD from XP that
> includes
> the updated large disk drive support.
>
> Suggestions?


Gary:
When you install SP1 or SP2 the full capacity of your 200 GB HD will be
recognized; *however*, the remaining disk space beyond the 137 GB (approx.)
will be reflected as "unallocated space". (I'm assuming that you've
previously partitioned/formatted the drive before installing SP1 and/or
SP2). You will, of course, be able to partition/format that unallocated
space using XP's Disk Management utility; however, this means you will have
two partitions at a minimum. Many users prefer to multi-partition their
large drives anyway, so this might not be a problem for you.

However, if you are bent on having a single partition for your 200 GB disk
(the system will actually reflect about 186 GB), the only ways you could do
this is 1. repartition/reformat the disk after installing SP1 and/or SP2, or
2. employ a third-party program such as Partition Magic that would merge the
partitions into a single partition.
Anna


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