Could be that the BIOS is limited to the 8Mb! Is it accessing the drive in LBA mode If not - be careful, changing the mode could make the data on the drive unreadable.
Investigation process: Google for Toshiba site for the Tecra go to it's specification details: http://www.toshiba-europe.com/bv/computers/products/notebooks/tecra520cdt/product.shtm - shows 1, or optionally 2, drives of 2Gb capacity So, yes I would expect the BIOS to be limited to the 8Gb size and I'm confused when you say W2K sees a 20GB drive as 20GB - is this in the same system? Then again, with it's limits low speed, USB 1.0?, limited sound and video modes and the improbability of maintaining an effective Windows OS on it; I'd be very careful considering it's use, and future before making any expenditure on it, even as a backup device, or bookreader You can follow the link to FAQ's and support/downloads to see if there are any downloadable updates to that system, but I suspect it is too old! JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 7:03 PM Subject: Win2k and 8GB limit > I have a Tecra 520CDT laptop that appears to have an 8 GB bios > limit on the hard drive size. Win2K seems to see a 20 GB drive > as 20 GB. Do I need to use a drive overlay program or can Win2k > ignore the bios limit without help? > > I ask because I bought a used 20GB drive and it is defective and > before I buy another I would like to know if I should try to > stay below 8GB or go for something larger as the cost is about > the same. > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned > LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: > http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html > > -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
