On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:47:02 -0800, TroyAB77
<> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've just built myself a new computer, and put into it a SATA HD that has a
> 250GB capacity. My BIOS seems to be up to date since it regonized the full
> 250 gigs.
>
> However, I had to install an old XP home OS on it and it would not recognize
> more than 137GB's.
Then it was pre-SP1 XP.
> After installing vista I can now see a unallocated
> 104GB's but it will not let me reformat my drive any larger than the 137GB's
> it origanally detected.
Reinstall Vista cleanly by booting from the Vista DVD, and start out
by deleting the existing partition and creating a new one of 250GB (or
whatever size you want).
>
> I've tried to do some research on the 48-bit LBA feature, but it all
> pertains to XP SP2. And there is virtually nothing that talks about it for
> vista.
>
> My question is this, how do i turn this feature on? I've found that I have
> version 5.1.2600.0 of the atapi.sys and for xp it recommends getting SP2
> which will update it to 5.1.2600.1135. I don't know if that has anything to
> do with anything, but just thought it might be helpful to put it out there.
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Troy
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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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