48-bit LBA/137GB large hard disk capacity barrier

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OvErboRed

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.
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I don't see why

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

Do a search for the file - Atapi.sys

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

Dave



| "David H. Lipman" <[email protected]> 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



| Mark:
|
| Do a search for the file - Atapi.sys
|
| When found....
| Right Click on the file and report back the version.
|
| Dave
|
|
|
| | | "David H. Lipman" <[email protected]> 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 said:
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



| Mark:
|
| Do a search for the file - Atapi.sys
|
| When found....
| Right Click on the file and report back the version.
|
| Dave
|
|
|
| | | "David H. Lipman" <[email protected]> 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
|
|
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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




| I cannot in my wildest dreams imagine what I could put on a PC to even
| begin to use 320GB, (legally that is)
|
|
 
I cannot in my wildest dreams imagine what I could put on a PC to even
begin to use 320GB, (legally that is)
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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.
 
Well since you failed to reply...
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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.
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Version is ATM 5.1.2600.0.
 
I cannot in my wildest dreams imagine what I could put on a PC to even
begin to use 320GB, (legally that is)
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Video Capture

PC Games (each one is about 1Gb-1.5Gb now days)
 
That's the min. version for LBA. Like I said, you installed a pre-SP1 update.

Dave


| "David H. Lipman" <[email protected]> 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
 
Tom said:
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.
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You are in the Photography business, not Joe Sixpack sitting at
home surfing the web.
 
Frank said:
You are in the Photography business, not Joe Sixpack sitting at
home surfing the web.
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And you're Tony Troll, the all seeing, all knowing expert on what we all do
for a living. Get a life dork. You don't know me, or anyone else here for
that matter.
 
I cannot in my wildest dreams imagine what I could put on a PC to even
begin to use 320GB, (legally that is)
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With fair use rights, I can put anything on my HDD for my convenience,
therefore nothing would be illegal (with regards to how I acquire the
material), except certain content that in itself would be illegal, no
matter where I got it.
 
Frank said:
David H. Lipman wrote:




I cannot in my wildest dreams imagine what I could put on a PC to even
begin to use 320GB, (legally that is)
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If a person does much video editing or rendering, then they can very
easily use 320GB of disk space.
 
Tom said:
And you're Tony Troll, the all seeing, all knowing expert on what
we all do for a living. Get a life dork. You don't know me, or
anyone else here for that matter.
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Your the one with the problem not me.....
 
David H. Lipman said:
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
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Also, most *current* OEM CDs of Windows XP (Home or Professional) are SP1
slipstreamed variants which therefore don't need the pre-SP1 ATAPI patch for
larger HDs.

These slipstreamed versions of XP are *required* if any of the following are
true:

1. You have a hard drive larger than 137 GB that is not SCSI.
2. You have a Serial ATA hard drive (regardless of size).
3. You have any of the following Intel Pentium 4 processors: 2600C/2600E,
2800C/2800E, 3060B/3000C/3000E, 3200C/3200EE/3200E, 3400E/3400E-EE/3400EE.

Ask your dealer about OEM Windows XP Home/Professional including SP1 when
buying any of the above items.


Christopher L. Estep
 
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