Guest darrenp@abnet.ca Posted December 17, 2007 Posted December 17, 2007 hello i have a 300g hard drive but is only registering as a 127g. seems a bit of a waste on size. does anybody know of a fix for this? running 2000 pro
Guest Dave Patrick Posted December 17, 2007 Posted December 17, 2007 Re: hard drive size This article should sort it. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305098 -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "darrenp@abnet.ca" wrote: > hello i have a 300g hard drive but is only registering as a 127g. seems a > bit > of a waste on size. does anybody know of a fix for this? > running 2000 pro
Guest DL Posted December 17, 2007 Posted December 17, 2007 Re: hard drive size http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305098 Your bios also has to support large disks "darrenp@abnet.ca" <darrenp@abnet.ca@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:607FAC56-8AC6-42B6-972E-EB8BFF6A7017@microsoft.com... > hello i have a 300g hard drive but is only registering as a 127g. seems a > bit > of a waste on size. does anybody know of a fix for this? > running 2000 pro
Guest nesredep egrob Posted December 18, 2007 Posted December 18, 2007 Re: hard drive size rebootOn Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:47:01 -0800, darrenp@abnet.ca <darrenp@abnet.ca@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >hello i have a 300g hard drive but is only registering as a 127g. seems a bit >of a waste on size. does anybody know of a fix for this? >running 2000 pro Start/run/regedit (if unsure export registry for safety) select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE navigate to system/services/atapi/parameters or system/currentcontrolset/services/atapi/parameters right click for new Select Dword name it EnableBigLba (take note of case) set value to 1 end regedit reboot
Guest zeke7 Posted January 3, 2008 Posted January 3, 2008 Re: hard drive size On Dec 17 2007, 2:53 pm, nesredep egrob <Long. -31,48.21 Lat. 115,47.40> wrote: > rebootOn Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:47:01 -0800, darr...@abnet.ca > > <darr...@abnet.ca@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > >hello i have a 300g hard drive but is only registering as a 127g. seems a bit > >of a waste on size. does anybody know of a fix for this? > >running 2000 pro > > Start/run/regedit > (if unsure export registry for safety) > select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > navigate to system/services/atapi/parameters or > system/currentcontrolset/services/atapi/parameters > right click for new > Select Dword name it EnableBigLba (take note of case) > set value to 1 > end regeditreboot Why are we manually having to execute these regedit patches to enable >137gb hard drive access? Can't a simple Windows Update execute this regpatch automatically?
Guest nesredep egrob Posted January 4, 2008 Posted January 4, 2008 Re: hard drive size On Wed, 2 Jan 2008 21:59:03 -0800 (PST), zeke7 <zekebauer@gmail.com> wrote: >On Dec 17 2007, 2:53 pm, nesredep egrob <Long. -31,48.21 Lat. >115,47.40> wrote: >> rebootOn Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:47:01 -0800, darr...@abnet.ca >> >> <darr...@abnet.ca@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> >hello i have a 300g hard drive but is only registering as a 127g. seems a bit >> >of a waste on size. does anybody know of a fix for this? >> >running 2000 pro >> >> Start/run/regedit >> (if unsure export registry for safety) >> select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE >> navigate to system/services/atapi/parameters or >> system/currentcontrolset/services/atapi/parameters >> right click for new >> Select Dword name it EnableBigLba (take note of case) >> set value to 1 >> end regeditreboot > >Why are we manually having to execute these regedit patches to enable >>137gb hard drive access? Can't a simple Windows Update execute this >regpatch automatically? Even my system had to have that update when I fitted the 750GB disks. Despite the fact that I wrote it, I had to refer to it as memory (personal) is not as good as the written word. I regret - If I have to do it with such an updated system, remember I have 2 320GB that worked well when I fitted the first 750GB then anybody coming along with that question will get the 'signature' slammed at them - Remember it does work and it causes very little work. Borge in sunny Perth, Australia
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