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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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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? |
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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? |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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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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