Re: OEM hard drive questions

Vern,

Try this site, specific to Windows 2000:
http://www.largeharddrivesupport.windowsreinstall.com/win2k.htm

When I ran into the problem I updated the mobo BIOS and changed the
registry (as stated in the link). (My other issue was due to the
software that came with the mobo.)


Kurt Anderson
Application Developer
Highsmith

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Subject: Re: [PCTECH] OEM hard drive questions

Folks

I just ran into this problem - had an XP CD with no service packs. My PC
had been fried at the USB and Ethernet port by a close lightning strike
- came in through the router somehow - nothing else hurt.

So I have a new mobo, tried to mess with the Win2K that this luddite
likes and was running - 2 IDE drives that I tried to connect using
adapters to SATA. Not a pretty picture.

So now I have this "little" 500GB WD SE16 - wow is it ever quiet! - SATA
drive. And XP with no SPs knows only how to format to 128GB - basically
the 137,000 MB you mention.

So the short story is, I went digging, found out about slipstreaming
service packs into installation images, got started playing with nlite
(www.nliteos.com) - which could be a great tool for enterprises that
want to standardize Windows installations, BTW. And that thing has more
knobs to twiddle with than DB2 on AIX, methinks!

HTH
Vern

-------------- Original message --------------
From: Dan <dan27649@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks Kurt. Hopefully, this PC is new enough (not quite a year) to
already support > 137GB. But this will be good to know if I need it.

- Dan

On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 4:33 PM, Kurt Anderson wrote:

Whoops I sent it by accident.
If you run into the 137gb limit go here:
http://www.48bitlba.com/

I ran into this issue a while back. Though even worse, I had a
program on my computer that I never used that came with the
motherboard that prevented anything larger than 137gb (boy what a
pain that was to figure out).


Kurt Anderson
Application Developer
Highsmith

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Guys, again, thanks for all of the advice!

- Dan
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