Dear folks,
Been wondering for a while at a possible solution to this problem.
You might be able to format the hard drive into multiple 32MB
partitions. (32MB * 22 = 704MB hard drive, max.) Well, maybe
not. :)
Anthony J. Albert
On 28 Mar 2000, at 10:23, Lars-Einar Jansson wrote:
> The major problem when buying one of those new, gigantic harddrives is
> making your old computer able to utilize all of the added capacity.
>
> There are lots of barriers to overcome: some have to do with
> limitations of the OS, most seem to have to do with limitations of your
> computer's BIOS, and more specifically the way it addresses the
> harddrive - whether it uses CHS (Cylinder Head Sector) or LBA (Logical
> Block Addressing) addressing.
>
> It appears as though most BIOS manufacturers had not foreseen the rapid
> increase of harddrive real estate during the last few years, and had
> deliberately constructed their BIOSes so, that they couldn't manage
> drives over, say 8.4 GB. In order to save money in the manufacturing
> process?
>
> Anyway, there seems to be three kinds of solutions to this problem:
>
> 1. Upgrade your computer's BIOS
>
> 2. Get a separate hd-controller card with a modern BIOS
>
> 3. Use a special driver, like that supplied with a program as
> Disk Manager.
>
> Very informative and authoritative information on this subject can be
> found in an article by Charles M. Kozierok of PC Guide, titled
> "Overcoming BIOS Disk Drive Barriers", at:
>
> http://www.storagereview.com/guide/guide_over_barriers.html
>
> Another must-read is the "white paper" on the same subject from
> harddrive manufacturer Maxtor, at:
>
> http://www.maxtor.com/technology/whitepapers/63001.html
>
> Lars-Einar Jansson
> Stockholm, Sweden
>
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