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Installing 200+ GB disk (BIOS Limits)
I'm attempting to install a Maxtor hard drive and I was wondering if anyone
can give me some help. I'm pretty sure my motherboard is a bit too old to handle a large drive (Soyo 6VBA133). From what I have seen, my options a install SP1 and install Maxtor's big drive enabler, purchase a controller card, use MaxBlast to install a hard drive overlay thing. I'm not sure about the last option - can you clarify to see if it would work in my case? It's running in WinXP minus SP1, which I can install if absolutely necessary. If I partition the hard drive into many smaller chunks, would that solve the problem? Thank you. |
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Installing 200+ GB disk (BIOS Limits)
Use the MaxBlast software to setup the drive into partitions smaller than
the limit of 137Gb. "- Eli -" wrote in message ... I'm attempting to install a Maxtor hard drive and I was wondering if anyone can give me some help. I'm pretty sure my motherboard is a bit too old to handle a large drive (Soyo 6VBA133). From what I have seen, my options a install SP1 and install Maxtor's big drive enabler, purchase a controller card, use MaxBlast to install a hard drive overlay thing. I'm not sure about the last option - can you clarify to see if it would work in my case? It's running in WinXP minus SP1, which I can install if absolutely necessary. If I partition the hard drive into many smaller chunks, would that solve the problem? Thank you. |
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Installing 200+ GB disk (BIOS Limits)
Hmm I installed SP1 anyway and then loaded MaxBlast software. So it appears
everything works fine now. "Jerry" wrote in message ... Use the MaxBlast software to setup the drive into partitions smaller than the limit of 137Gb. "- Eli -" wrote in message ... I'm attempting to install a Maxtor hard drive and I was wondering if anyone can give me some help. I'm pretty sure my motherboard is a bit too old to handle a large drive (Soyo 6VBA133). From what I have seen, my options a install SP1 and install Maxtor's big drive enabler, purchase a controller card, use MaxBlast to install a hard drive overlay thing. I'm not sure about the last option - can you clarify to see if it would work in my case? It's running in WinXP minus SP1, which I can install if absolutely necessary. If I partition the hard drive into many smaller chunks, would that solve the problem? Thank you. |
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Installing 200+ GB disk (BIOS Limits)
Someone mentioned using the BIOS 'overlay' will render the drive data
unrecoverable in the event that the boot sector is corrupted, and that the MaxBlast usually screws up in a year. Erm... So I have split it up into 33 GB, 103 GB, 103 GB anyway. Is there anything to worry about? The MaxBlast software is installed and this 48-bit LBA registry modification was made, also. - Eli "Jerry" wrote in message ... Use the MaxBlast software to setup the drive into partitions smaller than the limit of 137Gb. "- Eli -" wrote in message ... I'm attempting to install a Maxtor hard drive and I was wondering if anyone can give me some help. I'm pretty sure my motherboard is a bit too old to handle a large drive (Soyo 6VBA133). From what I have seen, my options a install SP1 and install Maxtor's big drive enabler, purchase a controller card, use MaxBlast to install a hard drive overlay thing. I'm not sure about the last option - can you clarify to see if it would work in my case? It's running in WinXP minus SP1, which I can install if absolutely necessary. If I partition the hard drive into many smaller chunks, would that solve the problem? Thank you. |
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Installing 200+ GB disk (BIOS Limits)
Did you check the website for your motherboard manufacturer to see if there
is a BIOS upgrade that will allow your BIOS to recognize disks larger than 137Gb? Bobby "- Eli -" wrote in message ... Someone mentioned using the BIOS 'overlay' will render the drive data unrecoverable in the event that the boot sector is corrupted, and that the MaxBlast usually screws up in a year. Erm... So I have split it up into 33 GB, 103 GB, 103 GB anyway. Is there anything to worry about? The MaxBlast software is installed and this 48-bit LBA registry modification was made, also. - Eli "Jerry" wrote in message ... Use the MaxBlast software to setup the drive into partitions smaller than the limit of 137Gb. "- Eli -" wrote in message ... I'm attempting to install a Maxtor hard drive and I was wondering if anyone can give me some help. I'm pretty sure my motherboard is a bit too old to handle a large drive (Soyo 6VBA133). From what I have seen, my options a install SP1 and install Maxtor's big drive enabler, purchase a controller card, use MaxBlast to install a hard drive overlay thing. I'm not sure about the last option - can you clarify to see if it would work in my case? It's running in WinXP minus SP1, which I can install if absolutely necessary. If I partition the hard drive into many smaller chunks, would that solve the problem? Thank you. |
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Installing 200+ GB disk (BIOS Limits)
I updated my BIOS one time ago, and I should check if they have a newer one,
because I'm not sure exactly if I'm using the newest one. But right now, it shows up as 136 MB upon bootup. - Eli "NoNoBadDog!" mysocks_bjsledge_AT_pixi.com wrote in message ... Did you check the website for your motherboard manufacturer to see if there is a BIOS upgrade that will allow your BIOS to recognize disks larger than 137Gb? Bobby "- Eli -" wrote in message ... Someone mentioned using the BIOS 'overlay' will render the drive data unrecoverable in the event that the boot sector is corrupted, and that the MaxBlast usually screws up in a year. Erm... So I have split it up into 33 GB, 103 GB, 103 GB anyway. Is there anything to worry about? The MaxBlast software is installed and this 48-bit LBA registry modification was made, also. - Eli "Jerry" wrote in message ... Use the MaxBlast software to setup the drive into partitions smaller than the limit of 137Gb. "- Eli -" wrote in message ... I'm attempting to install a Maxtor hard drive and I was wondering if anyone can give me some help. I'm pretty sure my motherboard is a bit too old to handle a large drive (Soyo 6VBA133). From what I have seen, my options a install SP1 and install Maxtor's big drive enabler, purchase a controller card, use MaxBlast to install a hard drive overlay thing. I'm not sure about the last option - can you clarify to see if it would work in my case? It's running in WinXP minus SP1, which I can install if absolutely necessary. If I partition the hard drive into many smaller chunks, would that solve the problem? Thank you. |
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