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  #1  
Old January 22nd 10, 04:19 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Robbie Hatley
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Default XP and Large Hard Disks (Attempt #6)


Greetings again, group. This is my 6th post here.
My first 5 posts all asked the same question. And
though I received 7 answers, none of them were
relevant. But I'm patient, so I'll try again,
this time in a new thread.

My question is simple, really:

In the Microsoft Windows XP operating system, is any manual
registry edit required for safe usage of hard disks larger
than 137GB?

But in the last 60 days, I have received 0 relevant answers
to that question, even after asking it here 5 times.

As background, so you can see why I'm so insistant in
trying to get some folks to give relevant answers to
that question, you should know that I'm currently using
Windows 2000, in which the 137GB issue is a MIGHTY BIG
issue. With Win2K, even if your motherboard supports
hard disks larger than 137GB, you MUST make a manual
registry edit for such large disks to work right:
Go to HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\atapi\Param eters
and change "EnableBigLBA" from 0 to 1.
If you fail to do this, any data you attempt to write to
the upper portion of your hard disk (over 137GB) will,
instead, overwrite data on the lower portion (under 137GB),
DESTROYING YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM, PROGRAMS, AND DATA.
Which is not a good thing. (To put it mildly.)

Hence, I ask again:

In the Microsoft Windows XP operating system, is any manual
registry edit required for safe usage of hard disks larger
than 137GB?

--
Persistant,
Robbie Hatley
lonewolf at well dot com
www dot well dot com slant tilde lonewolf slant


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  #2  
Old January 22nd 10, 05:39 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Leonard Grey[_3_]
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Default XP and Large Hard Disks (Attempt #6)

No.
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Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Robbie Hatley wrote:
Greetings again, group. This is my 6th post here.
My first 5 posts all asked the same question. And
though I received 7 answers, none of them were
relevant. But I'm patient, so I'll try again,
this time in a new thread.

My question is simple, really:

In the Microsoft Windows XP operating system, is any manual
registry edit required for safe usage of hard disks larger
than 137GB?

But in the last 60 days, I have received 0 relevant answers
to that question, even after asking it here 5 times.

As background, so you can see why I'm so insistant in
trying to get some folks to give relevant answers to
that question, you should know that I'm currently using
Windows 2000, in which the 137GB issue is a MIGHTY BIG
issue. With Win2K, even if your motherboard supports
hard disks larger than 137GB, you MUST make a manual
registry edit for such large disks to work right:
Go to HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\atapi\Param eters
and change "EnableBigLBA" from 0 to 1.
If you fail to do this, any data you attempt to write to
the upper portion of your hard disk (over 137GB) will,
instead, overwrite data on the lower portion (under 137GB),
DESTROYING YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM, PROGRAMS, AND DATA.
Which is not a good thing. (To put it mildly.)

Hence, I ask again:

In the Microsoft Windows XP operating system, is any manual
registry edit required for safe usage of hard disks larger
than 137GB?

  #3  
Old January 22nd 10, 05:39 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Leonard Grey[_3_]
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Posts: 3,048
Default XP and Large Hard Disks (Attempt #6)

No.
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Robbie Hatley wrote:
Greetings again, group. This is my 6th post here.
My first 5 posts all asked the same question. And
though I received 7 answers, none of them were
relevant. But I'm patient, so I'll try again,
this time in a new thread.

My question is simple, really:

In the Microsoft Windows XP operating system, is any manual
registry edit required for safe usage of hard disks larger
than 137GB?

But in the last 60 days, I have received 0 relevant answers
to that question, even after asking it here 5 times.

As background, so you can see why I'm so insistant in
trying to get some folks to give relevant answers to
that question, you should know that I'm currently using
Windows 2000, in which the 137GB issue is a MIGHTY BIG
issue. With Win2K, even if your motherboard supports
hard disks larger than 137GB, you MUST make a manual
registry edit for such large disks to work right:
Go to HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\atapi\Param eters
and change "EnableBigLBA" from 0 to 1.
If you fail to do this, any data you attempt to write to
the upper portion of your hard disk (over 137GB) will,
instead, overwrite data on the lower portion (under 137GB),
DESTROYING YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM, PROGRAMS, AND DATA.
Which is not a good thing. (To put it mildly.)

Hence, I ask again:

In the Microsoft Windows XP operating system, is any manual
registry edit required for safe usage of hard disks larger
than 137GB?

  #4  
Old January 22nd 10, 03:30 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Ken Blake, MVP
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Default XP and Large Hard Disks (Attempt #6)

On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:19:05 -0800, "Robbie Hatley"
wrote:


Greetings again, group. This is my 6th post here.
My first 5 posts all asked the same question. And
though I received 7 answers, none of them were
relevant. But I'm patient, so I'll try again,
this time in a new thread.

My question is simple, really:

In the Microsoft Windows XP operating system, is any manual
registry edit required for safe usage of hard disks larger
than 137GB?



The answer is also simple: No.


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  #5  
Old January 22nd 10, 03:30 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Ken Blake, MVP
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Default XP and Large Hard Disks (Attempt #6)


On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:19:05 -0800, "Robbie Hatley"
wrote:


Greetings again, group. This is my 6th post here.
My first 5 posts all asked the same question. And
though I received 7 answers, none of them were
relevant. But I'm patient, so I'll try again,
this time in a new thread.

My question is simple, really:

In the Microsoft Windows XP operating system, is any manual
registry edit required for safe usage of hard disks larger
than 137GB?



The answer is also simple: No.


--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup
  #6  
Old January 22nd 10, 03:43 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
DL[_3_]
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Default XP and Large Hard Disks (Attempt #6)

You received the answer first time round, I think its your post which is now
irrelevant / superfluous

"Robbie Hatley" wrote in message
...

Greetings again, group. This is my 6th post here.
My first 5 posts all asked the same question. And
though I received 7 answers, none of them were
relevant. But I'm patient, so I'll try again,
this time in a new thread.

My question is simple, really:

In the Microsoft Windows XP operating system, is any manual
registry edit required for safe usage of hard disks larger
than 137GB?

But in the last 60 days, I have received 0 relevant answers
to that question, even after asking it here 5 times.

As background, so you can see why I'm so insistant in
trying to get some folks to give relevant answers to
that question, you should know that I'm currently using
Windows 2000, in which the 137GB issue is a MIGHTY BIG
issue. With Win2K, even if your motherboard supports
hard disks larger than 137GB, you MUST make a manual
registry edit for such large disks to work right:
Go to HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\atapi\Param eters
and change "EnableBigLBA" from 0 to 1.
If you fail to do this, any data you attempt to write to
the upper portion of your hard disk (over 137GB) will,
instead, overwrite data on the lower portion (under 137GB),
DESTROYING YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM, PROGRAMS, AND DATA.
Which is not a good thing. (To put it mildly.)

Hence, I ask again:

In the Microsoft Windows XP operating system, is any manual
registry edit required for safe usage of hard disks larger
than 137GB?

--
Persistant,
Robbie Hatley
lonewolf at well dot com
www dot well dot com slant tilde lonewolf slant




  #7  
Old January 22nd 10, 03:43 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
DL[_3_]
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Posts: 929
Default XP and Large Hard Disks (Attempt #6)

You received the answer first time round, I think its your post which is now
irrelevant / superfluous

"Robbie Hatley" wrote in message
...

Greetings again, group. This is my 6th post here.
My first 5 posts all asked the same question. And
though I received 7 answers, none of them were
relevant. But I'm patient, so I'll try again,
this time in a new thread.

My question is simple, really:

In the Microsoft Windows XP operating system, is any manual
registry edit required for safe usage of hard disks larger
than 137GB?

But in the last 60 days, I have received 0 relevant answers
to that question, even after asking it here 5 times.

As background, so you can see why I'm so insistant in
trying to get some folks to give relevant answers to
that question, you should know that I'm currently using
Windows 2000, in which the 137GB issue is a MIGHTY BIG
issue. With Win2K, even if your motherboard supports
hard disks larger than 137GB, you MUST make a manual
registry edit for such large disks to work right:
Go to HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\atapi\Param eters
and change "EnableBigLBA" from 0 to 1.
If you fail to do this, any data you attempt to write to
the upper portion of your hard disk (over 137GB) will,
instead, overwrite data on the lower portion (under 137GB),
DESTROYING YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM, PROGRAMS, AND DATA.
Which is not a good thing. (To put it mildly.)

Hence, I ask again:

In the Microsoft Windows XP operating system, is any manual
registry edit required for safe usage of hard disks larger
than 137GB?

--
Persistant,
Robbie Hatley
lonewolf at well dot com
www dot well dot com slant tilde lonewolf slant




  #8  
Old January 23rd 10, 06:07 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Bruce Chambers
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Default XP and Large Hard Disks (Attempt #6)

Robbie Hatley wrote:
Greetings again, group. This is my 6th post here.
My first 5 posts all asked the same question. And
though I received 7 answers, none of them were
relevant. But I'm patient, so I'll try again,
this time in a new thread.



As you were told at that time:

You received multiple correct answers to your question. That fact that
you didn't like those answers *doesn't* make them irrelevant.


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
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safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot
  #9  
Old January 23rd 10, 06:07 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Bruce Chambers
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Posts: 6,208
Default XP and Large Hard Disks (Attempt #6)

Robbie Hatley wrote:
Greetings again, group. This is my 6th post here.
My first 5 posts all asked the same question. And
though I received 7 answers, none of them were
relevant. But I'm patient, so I'll try again,
this time in a new thread.



As you were told at that time:

You received multiple correct answers to your question. That fact that
you didn't like those answers *doesn't* make them irrelevant.


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot
  #10  
Old January 23rd 10, 06:46 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Unknown
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Default XP and Large Hard Disks (Attempt #6)

No! And this is a relevant answer.
"Robbie Hatley" wrote in message
...

Greetings again, group. This is my 6th post here.
My first 5 posts all asked the same question. And
though I received 7 answers, none of them were
relevant. But I'm patient, so I'll try again,
this time in a new thread.

My question is simple, really:

In the Microsoft Windows XP operating system, is any manual
registry edit required for safe usage of hard disks larger
than 137GB?

But in the last 60 days, I have received 0 relevant answers
to that question, even after asking it here 5 times.

As background, so you can see why I'm so insistant in
trying to get some folks to give relevant answers to
that question, you should know that I'm currently using
Windows 2000, in which the 137GB issue is a MIGHTY BIG
issue. With Win2K, even if your motherboard supports
hard disks larger than 137GB, you MUST make a manual
registry edit for such large disks to work right:
Go to HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\atapi\Param eters
and change "EnableBigLBA" from 0 to 1.
If you fail to do this, any data you attempt to write to
the upper portion of your hard disk (over 137GB) will,
instead, overwrite data on the lower portion (under 137GB),
DESTROYING YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM, PROGRAMS, AND DATA.
Which is not a good thing. (To put it mildly.)

Hence, I ask again:

In the Microsoft Windows XP operating system, is any manual
registry edit required for safe usage of hard disks larger
than 137GB?

--
Persistant,
Robbie Hatley
lonewolf at well dot com
www dot well dot com slant tilde lonewolf slant




  #11  
Old January 23rd 10, 06:46 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Unknown
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Default XP and Large Hard Disks (Attempt #6)

No! And this is a relevant answer.
"Robbie Hatley" wrote in message
...

Greetings again, group. This is my 6th post here.
My first 5 posts all asked the same question. And
though I received 7 answers, none of them were
relevant. But I'm patient, so I'll try again,
this time in a new thread.

My question is simple, really:

In the Microsoft Windows XP operating system, is any manual
registry edit required for safe usage of hard disks larger
than 137GB?

But in the last 60 days, I have received 0 relevant answers
to that question, even after asking it here 5 times.

As background, so you can see why I'm so insistant in
trying to get some folks to give relevant answers to
that question, you should know that I'm currently using
Windows 2000, in which the 137GB issue is a MIGHTY BIG
issue. With Win2K, even if your motherboard supports
hard disks larger than 137GB, you MUST make a manual
registry edit for such large disks to work right:
Go to HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\atapi\Param eters
and change "EnableBigLBA" from 0 to 1.
If you fail to do this, any data you attempt to write to
the upper portion of your hard disk (over 137GB) will,
instead, overwrite data on the lower portion (under 137GB),
DESTROYING YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM, PROGRAMS, AND DATA.
Which is not a good thing. (To put it mildly.)

Hence, I ask again:

In the Microsoft Windows XP operating system, is any manual
registry edit required for safe usage of hard disks larger
than 137GB?

--
Persistant,
Robbie Hatley
lonewolf at well dot com
www dot well dot com slant tilde lonewolf slant




  #12  
Old January 26th 10, 05:46 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
glee
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Default XP and Large Hard Disks (Attempt #6)

"Robbie Hatley" wrote in message
...

Greetings again, group. This is my 6th post here.
My first 5 posts all asked the same question. And
though I received 7 answers, none of them were
relevant. But I'm patient, so I'll try again,
this time in a new thread.

My question is simple, really:

In the Microsoft Windows XP operating system, is any manual
registry edit required for safe usage of hard disks larger
than 137GB?

But in the last 60 days, I have received 0 relevant answers
to that question, even after asking it here 5 times.

As background, so you can see why I'm so insistant in
trying to get some folks to give relevant answers to
that question, you should know that I'm currently using
Windows 2000, in which the 137GB issue is a MIGHTY BIG
issue. With Win2K, even if your motherboard supports
hard disks larger than 137GB, you MUST make a manual
registry edit for such large disks to work right:
Go to HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\atapi\Param eters
and change "EnableBigLBA" from 0 to 1.
If you fail to do this, any data you attempt to write to
the upper portion of your hard disk (over 137GB) will,
instead, overwrite data on the lower portion (under 137GB),
DESTROYING YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM, PROGRAMS, AND DATA.
Which is not a good thing. (To put it mildly.)

Hence, I ask again:

In the Microsoft Windows XP operating system, is any manual
registry edit required for safe usage of hard disks larger
than 137GB?


Looking at the replies to your previous posts on the subject, it
certainly seems that you have received numerous relevant replies, that
you do not appear to understand. BTW, it looks more like "attempt 3",
not 6, as one thread is one "attempt".

Since you limited your question to the XP operating system, I will
reiterate what you have already been told:
If you install XP Gold (original version) with No Service Packs, you
will need a patch to utilize hard drives larger than the "137GB limit"
(which is actually 128GB if you define gigabytes correctly).

If you install XP at the level of at least Service Pack 1, it has native
support for drives larger than the limit to which you refer.

You can locate an XP CD with no service packs included, if you want to
do things the hard way, or you can try to buy an XP CD that includes at
least SP1 (or SP2 or 3 if you can find one that includes them).

None of that matters if you do not use a motherboard with a BIOS that
supports large disks (48-bit LBA). The ATA-6 standard (ATA/100)
increased the size of the LBA to 48 bits, eliminating the 128GB
limitation. So, if you buy a motherboard that supports ATA/100 or
ATA/133, it should state that it supports large hard drives, as long as
the manufacturer has supplied the correct BIOS revision to accommodate
the ATA-6 standard.

Capisce?
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009
A+
http://dts-l.net/

  #13  
Old January 26th 10, 05:46 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
glee
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Posts: 1,794
Default XP and Large Hard Disks (Attempt #6)

"Robbie Hatley" wrote in message
...

Greetings again, group. This is my 6th post here.
My first 5 posts all asked the same question. And
though I received 7 answers, none of them were
relevant. But I'm patient, so I'll try again,
this time in a new thread.

My question is simple, really:

In the Microsoft Windows XP operating system, is any manual
registry edit required for safe usage of hard disks larger
than 137GB?

But in the last 60 days, I have received 0 relevant answers
to that question, even after asking it here 5 times.

As background, so you can see why I'm so insistant in
trying to get some folks to give relevant answers to
that question, you should know that I'm currently using
Windows 2000, in which the 137GB issue is a MIGHTY BIG
issue. With Win2K, even if your motherboard supports
hard disks larger than 137GB, you MUST make a manual
registry edit for such large disks to work right:
Go to HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\atapi\Param eters
and change "EnableBigLBA" from 0 to 1.
If you fail to do this, any data you attempt to write to
the upper portion of your hard disk (over 137GB) will,
instead, overwrite data on the lower portion (under 137GB),
DESTROYING YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM, PROGRAMS, AND DATA.
Which is not a good thing. (To put it mildly.)

Hence, I ask again:

In the Microsoft Windows XP operating system, is any manual
registry edit required for safe usage of hard disks larger
than 137GB?


Looking at the replies to your previous posts on the subject, it
certainly seems that you have received numerous relevant replies, that
you do not appear to understand. BTW, it looks more like "attempt 3",
not 6, as one thread is one "attempt".

Since you limited your question to the XP operating system, I will
reiterate what you have already been told:
If you install XP Gold (original version) with No Service Packs, you
will need a patch to utilize hard drives larger than the "137GB limit"
(which is actually 128GB if you define gigabytes correctly).

If you install XP at the level of at least Service Pack 1, it has native
support for drives larger than the limit to which you refer.

You can locate an XP CD with no service packs included, if you want to
do things the hard way, or you can try to buy an XP CD that includes at
least SP1 (or SP2 or 3 if you can find one that includes them).

None of that matters if you do not use a motherboard with a BIOS that
supports large disks (48-bit LBA). The ATA-6 standard (ATA/100)
increased the size of the LBA to 48 bits, eliminating the 128GB
limitation. So, if you buy a motherboard that supports ATA/100 or
ATA/133, it should state that it supports large hard drives, as long as
the manufacturer has supplied the correct BIOS revision to accommodate
the ATA-6 standard.

Capisce?
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009
A+
http://dts-l.net/

 




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