I bought a 250 GB Western Digital over the weekend but can't get it past the 137.4 GB 24-bit addressing limit.
a) Motherboard is Abit KT7ARaid running Bios A9 (48-bit addressing is covered in this Bios)
b) Windows XP, Service Pack 1 has been installed
c) Atapi.sys has been upgraded to the latest version (5.1.2600.1135)
d) Updated registry w/ a D-word value of 1 with a new registry entry of "EnableBigLba"
Checked my Bios Highpoint controller and it shows the HD as a Western Digital 250GB so that confirms (to me) that the bios is fine.
Ran a Samsung Program that is supposed to add the registry value to turn on EnableBigLba. It didn't do anything sending back the error, "48-bit addressing is already active". So that confirms (to me again) that I set the registry correctly.
I've also just updated my Via4in1 drivers, now I'm stuck and can't find anything else to try...any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
a) Motherboard is Abit KT7ARaid running Bios A9 (48-bit addressing is covered in this Bios)
b) Windows XP, Service Pack 1 has been installed
c) Atapi.sys has been upgraded to the latest version (5.1.2600.1135)
d) Updated registry w/ a D-word value of 1 with a new registry entry of "EnableBigLba"
Checked my Bios Highpoint controller and it shows the HD as a Western Digital 250GB so that confirms (to me) that the bios is fine.
Ran a Samsung Program that is supposed to add the registry value to turn on EnableBigLba. It didn't do anything sending back the error, "48-bit addressing is already active". So that confirms (to me again) that I set the registry correctly.
I've also just updated my Via4in1 drivers, now I'm stuck and can't find anything else to try...any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.