Does partitioning help me get around the 48-bit LBA/137GB large hard disk
capacity barrier? Thanks.

No.

The Operating system needs to see the entire disk. This is done by installing WinXP SP1.

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

Dave



"OvErboRed" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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| Does partitioning help me get around the 48-bit LBA/137GB large hard disk
| capacity barrier? Thanks.

"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> came forth with the
following in microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware

> No.
>
> The Operating system needs to see the entire disk. This is done by
> installing WinXP SP1.
>
I don't see why

I can see my two 160Gb drives, and I haven't got SP1 installed

--
Mark

Mark:

Do a search for the file - Atapi.sys

When found....
Right Click on the file and report back the version.

Dave



"Mark Derbyshire" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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| "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> came forth with the
| following in microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
|
| > No.
| >
| > The Operating system needs to see the entire disk. This is done by
| > installing WinXP SP1.
| >
| I don't see why
|
| I can see my two 160Gb drives, and I haven't got SP1 installed
|
| --
| Mark

Well since you failed to reply...

You most likely installed a pre-SP1 patch that updated Atapi.sys to work w/48bit LBA.
WinXP SP1 rolled all pre-SP1 updates into WinXP SP1 therefore that is the preferred way to
fix the problem.

Dave



"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
| Mark:
|
| Do a search for the file - Atapi.sys
|
| When found....
| Right Click on the file and report back the version.
|
| Dave
|
|
|
| "Mark Derbyshire" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
| news:Xns9468C9A2C29CBderbysjm@130.133.1.4...
| | "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> came forth with the
| | following in microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
| |
| | > No.
| | >
| | > The Operating system needs to see the entire disk. This is done by
| | > installing WinXP SP1.
| | >
| | I don't see why
| |
| | I can see my two 160Gb drives, and I haven't got SP1 installed
| |
| | --
| | Mark
|
|

"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Well since you failed to reply...
>
> You most likely installed a pre-SP1 patch that updated Atapi.sys to
work w/48bit LBA.
> WinXP SP1 rolled all pre-SP1 updates into WinXP SP1 therefore that
is the preferred way to
> fix the problem.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> | Mark:
> |
> | Do a search for the file - Atapi.sys
> |
> | When found....
> | Right Click on the file and report back the version.
> |
> | Dave
> |
> |
> |
> | "Mark Derbyshire" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> | news:Xns9468C9A2C29CBderbysjm@130.133.1.4...
> | | "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> came forth with
the
> | | following in microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
> | |
> | | > No.
> | | >
> | | > The Operating system needs to see the entire disk. This is
done by
> | | > installing WinXP SP1.
> | | >
> | | I don't see why
> | |
> | | I can see my two 160Gb drives, and I haven't got SP1 installed
> | |
> | | --
> | | Mark
> |
> |
>
>

David H. Lipman wrote:

> "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...

>> "Mark Derbyshire" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:Xns9468C9A2C29CBderbysjm@130.133.1.4...

>>> "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> came forth with
>>> the following in microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
>>>> The Operating system needs to see the entire disk. This is done
>>>> by installing WinXP SP1.
>>> I don't see why
>>> I can see my two 160Gb drives, and I haven't got SP1 installed
--
>>> Mark

I cannot in my wildest dreams imagine what I could put on a PC to even
begin to use 320GB, (legally that is)

Easy....

Very large databases.
6.3 or greater megapixel JPEGs
MOV, AVI or other Digital Video files

That's good for a start.

Dave



"Frank" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:O$(E-Mail Removed)...

| I cannot in my wildest dreams imagine what I could put on a PC to even
| begin to use 320GB, (legally that is)
|
|

> >>> "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> came forth with
> >>> the following in microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
> >>>> The Operating system needs to see the entire disk. This is done
> >>>> by installing WinXP SP1.
> >>> I don't see why
> >>> I can see my two 160Gb drives, and I haven't got SP1 installed
> --
> >>> Mark

> I cannot in my wildest dreams imagine what I could put on a PC to even
> begin to use 320GB, (legally that is)

I do. As a photographer, I routinely scan slides to .TIFF files, each of
which vary between 20MB and 80MB, depending on the resolution quality
desired. Customers would have a tough time making a life size portrait from
a 2MB JPEG.

"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> came forth with the
following in microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware

> Well since you failed to reply...

I presume you are in the USA from your posting time (-5:00 GMT), but here
in the UK I don't live with my nose glued to the pc screen, I have another
life in the evenings

>
> You most likely installed a pre-SP1 patch that updated Atapi.sys to
> work w/48bit LBA. WinXP SP1 rolled all pre-SP1 updates into WinXP SP1
> therefore that is the preferred way to fix the problem.

Version is ATM 5.1.2600.0.

--
Mark