On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:18:57 -0400, Dennis McCunney

*Win2K* requires a 48bit LBA patch to successfully use drives larger
than 137GB, but XP comes with that built in.

Dangerously false. Only XP SP2 is safe 137G.

Original XP hadn't a clue 137G and is utterly unsafe under those
conditions - either to install it, or let it sniff such a drive
directly. It can access such a drive via LAN because in that context
it is the other PC that is actually accessing the HD.

XP SP1 was the first attempt at 137G safety, but there are some
contexts that are not safe, especially for C: - as I recall, one such
context is writing the memory dump to disk after a crash. So it's
safe to install XP SP1 on 137G, but best to SP2 it thereafter.


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