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Old June 19th 04, 03:41 AM
- Eli -
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Default 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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Old June 19th 04, 06:41 AM
Jerry
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Default 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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Old June 19th 04, 08:43 AM
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Default 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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Old June 20th 04, 07:41 AM
- Eli -
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Default 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.






  #5  
Old June 20th 04, 08:41 AM
NoNoBadDog!
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Default 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.








  #6  
Old June 21st 04, 08:48 AM
- Eli -
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Default 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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