250 GB Hard Drive

[Ray]

I want to purchase a 250 GB Hard Drive. I have read some
people have had problems when they surpass 130 GB. I
believe it has something to do with the BIOS and not
Windows XP. How can I check if my system can handle a 250
GB Hard Drive?

 

[Alvin Brown]

Hello

See link below and make sure that you have SP1 installed

How to Enable 48-bit Logical Block Addressing Support for ATAPI Disk
Drives in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303013


Alvin

 

[RobD]

Check out http://www.48bitlba.com/partitiontools.htm for 48-bit lba info.

- Robert -

 

[RobD]

I should also mention you can download (free!) Aida32 and it shows in the
Storage->ATA section a checkbox for 48-bit LAB support. This tool will tell
you everything about your system.
http://www.aida32.hu/aida32.php

- Robert -

 

[Jerry]

Check with the people that made the motherboard for BIOS updates and drive
compatibility.

 

[Mike]

Check with your Hard Disk mfg. A friend had this same problem call Western
Digital and they have a patch on their website for using a HD over 130mb
with XP

 

[Mike]

Sorry meant to say 130 GB not MB