Installing Windows XP Pro to a 160GB Hard Drive - HELP

S

Steve

I am planning to install a copy of Windows XP Pro onto a
160GB hd. However, I have recently been made aware of a
problem of Windows recognizing a hd larger than 137GB. I
know that with service pack 1 this support is added. My
BIOS fully supports 48bit addressing, so that is not a
problem. I currently only have a Windows XP Pro full
installation CD (NOT SP1), so how do I go about
installing it? I really have no other choice of drive to
use, so I need to figure out how to do it. Any ideas?
Please help. Thanks.
 
G

Guest

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

"This article describes the Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) 48-bit Logical Block Addressing (LBA) support for ATA Packet Interface (ATAPI) disk drives that can enable the capacity of your hard disk to exceed the current 137 gigabyte (GB) limit."

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

----- Steve wrote: -----

I am planning to install a copy of Windows XP Pro onto a
160GB hd. However, I have recently been made aware of a
problem of Windows recognizing a hd larger than 137GB. I
know that with service pack 1 this support is added. My
BIOS fully supports 48bit addressing, so that is not a
problem. I currently only have a Windows XP Pro full
installation CD (NOT SP1), so how do I go about
installing it? I really have no other choice of drive to
use, so I need to figure out how to do it. Any ideas?
Please help. Thanks.
 
D

DL

You can slipstream SP1 into yr non SP1 winxp disk
This article applies to win2k I assume xp is similar
http://www.thetechguide.com/articles/slipstream.html

Chris Palmer said:
"How to Enable 48-bit Logical Block Addressing Support for ATAPI Disk Drives in Windows XP"

"This article describes the Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) 48-bit Logical
Block Addressing (LBA) support for ATA Packet Interface (ATAPI) disk drives
that can enable the capacity of your hard disk to exceed the current 137
gigabyte (GB) limit."
 

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