200GB hard drive, Windows 2000 and Intel 865GBF board

[MustISO]

Windows 2000 SP4 only sees this drive as ~130GB. I know there was a 137GB limitation but shouldn't the intel board and BIOS recognize the drive and thus Windows should? Would installing an ATA133 controller be a better solution?

 

[Tozmo]

hmm, i have an A7N8X Deluxe and it's doing the same thing. i'm gonna try the western digital drivers, i guess.

 

[thomsbrain]

yeah i think that's a driver issue. another thing is from what i understand Windows can only format up to 137 GB so you need to use another utility...

or i might be wrong.

 

[EeyoreX]

ATA133 is not the issue, you need a controller that supports 48-bit Logical Block Addressing (LBA). Most modern boards with at least ATA100 support do allow for 48-bit LBA, some may need a BIOS flash.

Hard drives do not use drivers, the hard disk controller does, but not the drives themselves.

Windows can, in fact, format a drives in the terabyte(s) range (with proper hardware and file system).

Microsoft is a key location for finding information on how to do something with their products.

\Dan