How to install a 200GB hard disk ?

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MK

I read from an article said that for hard disk more 137GB, you have to
adjust the LBA48. How ?
 
Not that i really know what im talking about, but alota articles are just
crap why dont u try it and see if it works lol. Then have a bitch if it
doesnt work =)
Ice
 
MK said:
I read from an article said that for hard disk more 137GB, you have to
adjust the LBA48. How ?

Ive just installed a 160GB drive with no problems at all. Dont even know
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what LBA48 is anyway. Just go ahead and do it
 
MK said:
I read from an article said that for hard disk more 137GB, you have to
adjust the LBA48. How ?

Ive installed drives of this size with no problems. Dont even know what
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the LBA48 is anyway. Just do it
 
MK said:
I read from an article said that for hard disk more 137GB, you have to
adjust the LBA48. How ?
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MK:
Are you having a specific problem installing a 200 GB HD or are you just
inquiring about potential problems before you purchase a drive of that size?

If you respond to this, you might want to mention something about your
system like the make & model of your motherboard and does your present XP
operating system include SP1 and/or SP2.
Anna
 
Roy said:
what LBA48 is anyway. Just go ahead and do it
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Because *you* had no problems doesn't mean that he won't. In order to see a
drive greater than137, you need a motherboard (on add-in IDE card) that
supports LBA48, and at least SP1 of Windows XP.

Obviously you have both those things. He may or may not, and advising him to
"just go ahead and do it" without knowing whether or not he does is
irresponsible.
 
MK said:
I read from an article said that for hard disk more 137GB, you have to
adjust the LBA48. How ?
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The install disk which comes with retail hard disk makes the necessary
adjustments. However, didn't SP1 fix this problem? I do know that the
250GB disk which I installed over a year ago worked correctly from the
start.
Jim
 
Roy said:
what LBA48 is anyway. Just go ahead and do it
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48 bit Logical Block Addressing. If your machine is able to properly
use a 160GB drive, then your BIOS is capable of LBA48, even if you
don't know it.
 
MK said:
I read from an article said that for hard disk more 137GB, you have to
adjust the LBA48. How ?
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Don't quote me on it but I think this means you have to install Windows
XP from a post service pack 1 CD. The original Windows XP CD (no
service packs) won't let you install on a disk larger than 137GB because
LBA48 is not readily supported.

A workaround is to create a partition smaller than 137GB, install
Windows, then either use something like partition magic or paragon to
extend the partition to fill your disk AFTER installing SP1/SP2, or add
a second partition for use as a second disk drive to fill the remaining
space.

M.
 
Elliot said:
Don't quote me on it but I think this means you have to install
Windows XP from a post service pack 1 CD.
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Almost correct. It doesn't have to be *post* SP1. It's SP1 or later.

Also note that the hardware support for LBA48 has to be there too, either on
the motherboard or on an add-in card.
 
Elliot Mackenzie said:
Don't quote me on it but I think this means you have to install Windows XP
from a post service pack 1 CD. The original Windows XP CD (no service
packs) won't let you install on a disk larger than 137GB because LBA48 is
not readily supported.

A workaround is to create a partition smaller than 137GB, install Windows,
then either use something like partition magic or paragon to extend the
partition to fill your disk AFTER installing SP1/SP2, or add a second
partition for use as a second disk drive to fill the remaining space.

M.
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Elliot's information is somewhat misleading. First of all, you *can* install
a hard drive whose capacity is > 137 GB even if the XP operating system does
not include SP1 and/or SP2 at the time the drive is installed. What will
happen is that the system will recognize *only* the first 137 GB (roughly
128 GB binary) of the drive.

As has (I think) been amply stated during the course of this thread, there
are two basic requirements for the XP OS to recognize hard drives > 137
GB...
1. The computer's motherboard (BIOS) must be capable of recognizing drives >
137 GB. Virtually every motherboard manufactured over the past three or four
years has this capability and there's frequently a BIOS upgrade from the
motherboard's manufacturer to provide this capability for older
motherboards.
2. The XP OS must include SP1 and/or SP2

Thus, when a large-capacity hard drive > 137 GB is installed on an XP OS
that meets 1. and 2. above, the full capacity of that drive will be
recognized

In the case of a large-capacity drive that was installed in an XP OS that
did not have SP1 and/or SP2 installed at the time the drive was installed...

As previously stated, the system will recognize only the first 137 GB of the
drive. When the user subsequently installs SP1 or SP2, the *full* capacity
of the drive will be recognized, however, the remaining disk space above 137
GB will be designated "unallocated space". It's disk space that the user can
partition and format using the XP Disk Management utility. Note that the
drive will now have a minimum of two partitions in that case.
Anna
 
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