Is there any danger of installing a too-large harddisk in Windows? What is 48bit LBA?
You have to enable 48bit LBA addressing (for over 137GB.)
The following conditions are necessary for the correct functioning of 48-bit LBA ATAPI support:
- A computer with a 48-bit LBA-compatible Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) installed.
- A computer with a hard disk that has a capacity of greater than 137 gigabytes (GB).
- You must enable the support in the Windows registry by adding or changing the EnableBigLba registry value to 1 in the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\atapi\Parameters
and reboot.
- Win2000 must have SP3 or greater installed
Last updated on 2007-05-07 07:19:54 -0700, by Shalom Craimer
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