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And I thougth that it only adds
"HKLM/SYSTEM/ControlSet001/Services/atapi/Parameters" the parameter
EnableBigLba with the value 1
(of course to all ControlSets)
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"David Maynard" <nospam@private.net> kirjoitti viestissä
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Jonathan Oakley wrote:
> Thomas Wendell wrote:
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>> "Jonathan Oakley" <jonathan.oakleyNO@SPAMgmail.com> kirjoitti viestissä
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>>> Terry Wilson wrote:
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>>>> "Jonathan Oakley" <jonathan.oakleyNO@SPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
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>>>>> Jarkka wrote:
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>>>>>> On Tue, 10 May 2005 22:32:14 +0000,
>>>>>> dangerice_@hotmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (dangerice) wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>> hey there i recently set up my new comp with a seagate 160gig HD.
>>>>>>> Anyways, after formatting it and everything, i only appear to have a
>>>>>>> total of 132gigs according to windows and partition magic 7.
>>>>>>> Any help? thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The magic word is "enablebiglba".
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You should set up the harddrive using the software that Seagate supply
>>>>> with it, and not partition magic. This will allow you to go over the
>>>>> 132gig limitation.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jonathan.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Partition Magic is fine for formating. See this link from seagate:
>>>>
>>>>
http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/faq/137_win2000.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Maybe, I didn't read the details, and that link does refer to win 2000.
>>> In my case, using win XP, I also installed a 160gig Seagate as a
>>> secondary drive and just tried to partition and format it using
>>> partition magic. It did not work. Multiple errors, bad partition etc. I
>>> then read the manual (!) from Seagate and used their software as
>>> recommended. It prompted me to enable the drive capacity to be greater
>>> than 137 gig, to which I said yes, and then it worked fine. I use a
>>> single 160 gig partition now. I have no idea what was installed (DDO or
>>> BIOS setting?), but this was the solition for me.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Jonathan.
>>
>>
>>
>> It just makes a setting in the XP registry..
>>
>>
>
> Ah, thanks for the information! Partition magic must have missed that
> then...
Except that information is incorrect, according to Seagate's documentation.
They don't make any 'changes' to XP. If you have a capacity problem their
instructions tell you to install SP1, which is the first service pack that
supports 48-bit LBA.
As for their Discwizard software, there is no 'BIOS setting' it can do as
the BIOS either supports 48 bit LBA or it doesn't. What it does is check
the BIOS for 48 bit LBA support and then, if it isn't 48 bit LBA, puts a
Dynamic Drive Overlay (DDO), a BIOS 'replacement' for the IDE handler, on
the boot drive so this new BIOS IDE handler gets loaded when the system
boots.