RE: [ukha_d] (OT) Help!! – Lost Gb’s during Hard Drive format!!

["Bricknell, Tony" <tony.bricknell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I thought the limit was 137GB...?

Also... from a quick google it would appear that you need WinXP SP1 to
recognise a driver over 127GB - non SP1 stops at 127GB, see=20
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=3Dkb;en-us;303013=20

-----Original Message-----
From: Mal Lansell [mailto:mlansell@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 12 July, 2004 11:15
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] (OT) Help!! =96 Lost Gb=92s during Hard Drive
format!=
!


127Gb (real GB, not the fake HD manufacturer ones!) is one of those=20
limits where the numbering scheme runs out and some new trick or=20
technology is required to deal with larger capacity disks.

If you go to the website of the HD manufacturer, and search on capacity=20
limits, you should find information on how to get access to the entire=20
disk.  If the motherboard is failry new, it should be a case of setting=20
something in the BIOS.  Even if it turns out that your motherboard can't=20
cope with disks this big, it is still possible to use the full capacity=20
by installing a "dynamic drive overlay" program which will also
be=20
available from the manufacturers site (this is what I had to do with
mine!)=
.

Mal