I know I'm a little late on this, but is there a BIOS block at
2GB on your system? Seems I've run into this before.
Steve in NC
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Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 2:53 AM
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Was it Peter Vogel who wrote on Monday 09 September 2002 01:33:
> Sorry this is a bit off topic, but I think someone out there could save
> me a lot of grey hair.
>
> I'm trying to configure the BIOS (Award) after installing a new hard
> disk after one died, and have this problem. It is a 4.3GB drive, and the
> BIOS incorrectly auto-detects it as 2GB. If I set the BIOS for "User"
> type and enter the parameters from the drive, the correct size comes up
> when I do fdisk and format, but then scandisk says the last cluster is
> unreadable probably because the drive is not set to LBA. However, when
> I select LBA in the BIOS, it does not allow me to enter my own drive
> parameters.
>
> Any advice?
Set LBA, and never mind what it says. It will come up with something like 600
cyls, and 128 or 255 heads. That's fine. You just don't appreciate how many
lies ide controllers tell.
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