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Dazzer · 07-02-2005, 04:58 AM

I have the following drive:

Seagate 250Gb Serial-ATA 7200rpm with 8Mb Buffer

When I use Seagate's DiscWizard it only sees 137Gb, but the BIOS sees 250Gb ok.

GLC suggested "EnableLargeLBA" needs to be switched on. In the BIOS it has Large/LBA auto or disabled. This is set to "auto". I have an Asus P5P800 Motherboard, bought a week ago.

I notice the postings on the limit in Win2000 and Win98, but I have Service Pack 4 with the Win2000 OS I am using, I think. I am just reinstalling it. [DiscWizard sees 250Gb's now - so clearly SP4 wasn't installe, sorry]

I did find a IAA utility - but this isn't supported by the 865PE chipset for my MB. So I'm worried the full 250Gb may have problems.

Even Intel though don't make clear whether the P4 3GHz 530 is an 865PE. It's all very confusing.

Dazzer

07-02-2005, 04:58 AM	#16
Dazzer Member (9 bit) Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 289	250Gb HDD with 137Gb max problem I have the following drive: Seagate 250Gb Serial-ATA 7200rpm with 8Mb Buffer When I use Seagate's DiscWizard it only sees 137Gb, but the BIOS sees 250Gb ok. GLC suggested "EnableLargeLBA" needs to be switched on. In the BIOS it has Large/LBA auto or disabled. This is set to "auto". I have an Asus P5P800 Motherboard, bought a week ago. I notice the postings on the limit in Win2000 and Win98, but I have Service Pack 4 with the Win2000 OS I am using, I think. I am just reinstalling it. [DiscWizard sees 250Gb's now - so clearly SP4 wasn't installe, sorry] I did find a IAA utility - but this isn't supported by the 865PE chipset for my MB. So I'm worried the full 250Gb may have problems. Even Intel though don't make clear whether the P4 3GHz 530 is an 865PE. It's all very confusing. Dazzer Last edited by Dazzer; 07-02-2005 at 06:30 AM.