The BIOS release notes for that system do not show that 48 bit LBA support was added at any time, but other users have reported that such support for large hard drives was present in the intitial release of the BIOS. Note that in order for Windows to deal with drives larger than 137 Gb, it must be at least SP1. The original release of Windows XP did not have large drive support. If you are partitioning and formatting with an original version of Windows XP, the best way around the limitation is to create a slipstreamed CD with SP2 slipstreamed into the original Windows XP.
Upgrade to A06, the latest BIOS for your system. Make sure you are running Windows XP SP2. I don't have a problem with Windows XP Pro SP2 recognizing my 160GB hard disk.
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The BIOS release notes for that system do not show that 48 bit LBA support was added at any time, but other users have reported that such support for large hard drives was present in the intitial release of the BIOS. Note that in order for Windows to deal with drives larger than 137 Gb, it must be at least SP1. The original release of Windows XP did not have large drive support. If you are partitioning and formatting with an original version of Windows XP, the best way around the limitation is to create a slipstreamed CD with SP2 slipstreamed into the original Windows XP.
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November 20th, 2005 15:00