Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 14:40:30 +0100 From: David Leftley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] not lib, but you guys would know the answer, if anybody would
On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 19:48:51 -0700, "Michael Hodish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have a Dell desktop, its bios doesn't make nice with drives over 120 Gb. >No ROM update is available. Are you sure it is the BIOS that is the problem? That would surprise me, as I recently fitted a large drive in an older (P3) Dell Dimension. Have you tried the Windows registry hack for LBA48 support that Raymond mentioned earlier (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303013)? > >Second, if I connect the drive using a usb2 drive enclosure (this would >actually be advantagous...the drive is for archiving images of variious >other machines...it would be good to be able to take it off site), does that >bypass the bios' limitation? > I believe it would bypass the BIOS limitation (you may still need to enable LBA48 support in Windows though). Take care which USB2 enclosure you buy though - some of them suffer from the same 137GB limitation. David. ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
