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is there a reason why a 160 gig drive shows only as 128 gig in win2k?

the only advantage of ata133 over ata100 is that it supports larger drives

you can probably guess how large of a drive ata100 supports 😀


*** edited, i guess i shouldnt say "only", but current harddrives are only just now breaking ata66 speeds. so ata133 speeds are overkill cause as it is now the harddrive itself is the limiting factor not the ata100 controller
 


<< the only advantage of ata133 over ata100 is that it supports larger drives

you can probably guess how large of a drive ata100 supports 😀 >>

😉
 
Time to get another MB. Get a KT333 that supports ATA133 and you'll be all set. Just sell off your old board and it should end up being cheaper than buying an ata133 card.
 


<< blah blah blah! i guess i gotta partition blah! >>



You can partition but you'll still only get a total of 128GB. You need ata133 to see all 160gb
 


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<< blah blah blah! i guess i gotta partition blah! >>



blah blah blah, no you dont, blah blah blah >>



blah blah blah, yes you do; there aren't enough bits in Pre-ATA133 addressing to access past 128GB, blah blah blah.
 


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<< blah blah blah! i guess i gotta partition blah! >>



blah blah blah, no you dont, blah blah blah >>



blah blah blah, yes you do; there aren't enough bits in Pre-ATA133 addressing to access past 128GB, blah blah blah. >>



With an ATA133 controller (the only way I was aware that the hardware could access all 160GB) he should not have to partition.
 


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<< blah blah blah! i guess i gotta partition blah! >>



blah blah blah, no you dont, blah blah blah >>



blah blah blah, yes you do; there aren't enough bits in Pre-ATA133 addressing to access past 128GB, blah blah blah. >>



With an ATA133 controller (the only way I was aware that the hardware could access all 160GB) he should not have to partition. >>



blah blah blah i guess the partition didnt work blah blah blah
 


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<< blah blah blah! i guess i gotta partition blah! >>



blah blah blah, no you dont, blah blah blah >>



blah blah blah, yes you do; there aren't enough bits in Pre-ATA133 addressing to access past 128GB, blah blah blah. >>



With an ATA133 controller (the only way I was aware that the hardware could access all 160GB) he should not have to partition. >>



blah blah blah i guess the partition didnt work blah blah blah >>



Look into aquiring an ATA133 controller. I almost remember hearing that the limit of ~128GB is part of the ATA100 specs. The ATA133 spec fixes that though.
 
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