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| Q: The operating
system only recognizes 128 GB or 137 GB of my large capacity drive. |
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A:
Currently, there are three options to remedy the
137 Gigabyte barrier. Failure to implement one of the following
installation options will result in data loss when trying to access the
hard disk beyond 137 Gigabytes.
Installation Option 1. Upgrade the operating system to either Windows
2000 with Service Pack 3 (or newer) or Windows XP with Service Pack 1
(or newer) and download the utility such as Maxtor Big Drive Enabler
(for Maxtor drive) software patch. The
Maxtor Big Drive Enabler,
once executed, will update the Windows registry for large drive support.
Installation Option 2. Download and install the Intel Application
accelerator. The Intel Application Accelerator provides 48-Bit LBA
compliant ATA/ATAPI controller drivers (IntelATA.mpd) and replaces the
Windows 98/Me, 2000 and XP ATA controller drivers (ESDI_506.PDR). Intel
is the only chipset manufacturer that we are aware of that offers a
compatible controller driver for Windows .
The Intel Application Accelerator only supports the following chipsets:
810, 810E, 810E2, 810L, 815, 815EP, 815G, 815EG, 815P, 820, 820E, 840,
845, 845E, 845G, 845GE, 845GL, 845GV, 845PE, 850, 850E, 860. The Intel
Application Accelerator can be obtained at
http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/iaa/.
If you have an unsupported chipset or do not want to upgrade the
operating system then try the next solution.
Installation Option 3: Attach the large hard drive to an add-in Ultra
ATA PCI adapter card with a 48-Bit LBA compliant BIOS and controller
driver. The adapter card bypasses the system BIOS and operating system
controller driver and uses its own BIOS and controller driver.
Using an IDE ATA/ATAPI controller that has a 48-Bit LBA compatible
controller driver will allow safe use of large drives beyond the
previous limits of 137 GB capacity. Additional controllers that do not
have 48-Bit compliant drivers cannot safely access drives larger than
137 GB.
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| Relate Link:
My BIOS has been updated,
but I still have problem to access the Hard Drive over 137GB
Limit. Why? |
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