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Hard drive question

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godfire

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So, a couple weeks ago my brand new WD 200GB hard drive decided to unallocate itself for no apparent reason. (I posted a thread about it here). I've pretty much given up on the data that was on it - but how do I go about making sure this doesn't happen again? I've updated the controller drivers and my motherboard bios...anything else? Should I make all partitions under 137gigs just in case, or what?

Thanks for any advice.
 
Are you running WinXP SP1?
If so,
XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) added support for 48-bit Logical Block Addressing (LBA) for ATAPI drives, which lets the OS access hard disks larger than 137GB (the current limit). For this change to work, you must have

a 48-bit LBA-compatible BIOS
a hard disk with a capacity greater than 137GB
XP SP1

To enable 48-bit support, perform the following steps:

Start a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe).
Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\atapi\Parameters registry subkey.
From the Edit menu, select New, DWORD Value.
Enter a name of EnableBigLba, then press Enter.
Double-click the new value, set it to 1, then click OK.
Reboot the machine for the changes to take effect.
 
Originally posted by: LiLithTecH
Are you running WinXP SP1?
If so,
XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) added support for 48-bit Logical Block Addressing (LBA) for ATAPI drives, which lets the OS access hard disks larger than 137GB (the current limit). For this change to work, you must have

a 48-bit LBA-compatible BIOS
a hard disk with a capacity greater than 137GB
XP SP1

To enable 48-bit support, perform the following steps:

Start a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe).
Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\atapi\Parameters registry subkey.
From the Edit menu, select New, DWORD Value.
Enter a name of EnableBigLba, then press Enter.
Double-click the new value, set it to 1, then click OK.
Reboot the machine for the changes to take effect.
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hey man, how can i learn if my bios is 48 bit lba compatible? will it say on the mobo? cause can't find it in the manual.

greets,

xiety
 
The problem isn't that I can't access the drives - I can see the full size fine with the provided controller card. I just wanted to know of any precautions I should take before I trust this sucker with my data again.
 
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