View Single Post
  #1  
Old 01-05-2006, 02:24 AM
sarmadgilani@gmail.com
 
Posts: n/a
Default BIOS 137GB limit, but XP sees 232 GB! Safe?

Hi,

I've got an old MSI Gateway-OEM motherboard (MS-6330) that doesn't
support 48-bit LBA with its latest BIOS revision, so my Western Digital
250GB drive shows up as 137GB in BIOS, as expected.

But, in Windows, Disk Management shows it as the full 232 GB, and I'm
able to create >137GB partitions, format, and use them.

Is this safe to use without messing with drive overlays? I'm not going
to boot from the drive, it'll be used for storage only.

Thanks!

Reply With Quote