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Randy Patterson
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      2nd Dec 2003
Does anyone know how to get xp to see an entire 200 G Hard
drive without having to partition it into smaller segments.
 
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>-----Original Message-----
>Does anyone know how to get xp to see an entire 200 G

Hard
>drive without having to partition it into smaller

segments.
>.

No xp will see it wholely
 
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Bob Harris
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      3rd Dec 2003
You need SP-1 and then you need to enable LBA-48 support. You also need a
BIOS that can handle larger disks.

To enable LBA in XP, see the following links:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;303013

http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/1115

As for any BIOS limits, contact your BIOS provider (usually motherboard
maker; rarely maker of a PCI add-in card to which hard drive is connected).

"Randy Patterson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know how to get xp to see an entire 200 G Hard
> drive without having to partition it into smaller segments.



 
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mike d
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      3rd Dec 2003
You also need to initialize the drive in "Disk
Management" - If you can't see the disk at all in "my
comp." but can in "device manager" this is probably your
problem.

You do of course realise that the slack space on a 200GB
partition is going to be tremedous?? I'd seriously
consider splitting it at least 4 ways - but thats just me.

Anyway - Right click on "my comp." and pick "manage" to
get to "Disk Management".

>-----Original Message-----
>You need SP-1 and then you need to enable LBA-48

support. You also need a
>BIOS that can handle larger disks.
>
>To enable LBA in XP, see the following links:
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-

us;303013
>
>http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/1115
>
>As for any BIOS limits, contact your BIOS provider

(usually motherboard
>maker; rarely maker of a PCI add-in card to which hard

drive is connected).
>
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>> Does anyone know how to get xp to see an entire 200 G

Hard
>> drive without having to partition it into smaller

segments.
>
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