need help: win 2000 only recognizes 128 gb of my wd 250 db disk?

[theGlove]

anybody know what the problem is? thanks

 

[captains]

update bios/drivers.....thought they used to sell cards for this too....

 

[KoolAidKid]

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[Jpark]

Originally posted by: captains
update bios/drivers.....thought they used to sell cards for this too....

what he said. also try using the general hardware forum or OS forum

 

[shilala]

Must be xpsp1 or greater to recognize a drive larger than 130 GB.
I'm sure there's workarounds, but I've never used any. I just upgrade.

 

You need to patch the registry.
I had to do it for my maxtor drives. I'm not sure if the patch is the same for all drives, but I believe it is.

The size limitation is 137GB.

 

[theGlove]

Originally posted by: SampSon
You need to patch the registry.
I had to do it for my maxtor drives. I'm not sure if the patch is the same for all drives, but I believe it is.

The size limitation is 137GB.

thanks, this was the problem. I need to add a reg value:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Atapi\Parameters

Value name: EnableBigLba
Data type: REG_DWORD
Value data: 0x1




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