On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 21:28:41 GMT, "The Toyman"
<o1nyx@hotmail.unspam.com> wrote:

>Once I get the thing to boot from C: and otherwise cleaned up, I'll install
>SP1/SP2. Since he paid for 160 GB drive, I suppose he'd probably like to be
>able to use it all. I seem to recall hearing about some folks having
>trouble installing SP1. I installed SP2 on mine without problems a couple
>of years ago, but don't have 1st hand knowledge about installing SP1. But
>that sounds like a topic for some web searching on my part. However that
>takes me back to the 48-bit LBA-compatible BIOS. Where would I look to see
>if it's there?

Contrary to popular opinion, 48-bit LBA BIOS capability is not an
absolute requirement. It's only necessary if, during the boot-up
process, the BIOS has to access past the 137GB (GB = 10^9) point on
the hard drive. For a 160GB drive, that can only happen if the
partition you're booting into begins at about 114GB and continues to
the end of the drive.
Once Windows XP has been booted and is running, the BIOS is no longer
used to access the hard drive, so its LBA capability becomes
irrelevant.

>
>And thanks for the 'insight' about using PM to make things right (or at
>least better).
>
>Toyman
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>
>"Jonny" <billgates@scampublic.net> wrote in message
>news:efcCyc%23$FHA.328@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>: 48 bit LBA is not required until 132GB is surpassed in hard drive
>capacity.
>: SP1 and SP2 offer this, but not for the bios.
>:
>: You bios is immaterial if SP1 or SP2 is not installed on your XP.
>:
>: --
>: Jonny
>: "The Toyman" <o1nyx@hotmail.unspam.com> wrote in message
>: news:OHinf.641561$xm3.606445@attbi_s21...
>: > My new neighbor had a supplemental 160 GB HD installed by his brother -
>: the
>: > original 11 GB drive was full and had related problems. Problem is when
>: he
>: > made the new drive C: (faster & bigger), he moved some of the boot files
>: to
>: > it, but left many, including applications, etc. on the old drive (now
>D.
>: > The Registry shows most of key files on the old drive (now D, and the
>: > machine is hiccupping all over the place - unable to load apps, hanging,
>: > etc. Additionally, when I check the Drive Settings under System
>Restore,
>: > the old drive (now D is referred to as the 'System Drive'.
>: >
>: > Norton Utilities (Win Doctor) finds the problems, but I'm not interested
>: in
>: > editing the Registry to correct the 292 problems it found - some are
>: > probably beyond my ability anyhow.
>: >
>: > Adding insult to injury, the neighbor recently moved here and lost some
>: > boxes of software (among other things) during the move, including the XP
>: > PRO, O/S disk, so I can't just wipe the drives and reload them. The
>: > neighbor's not interested in buying a new disk from MS.
>: >
>: > Question: can I use Partition Magic's (v8.0) Drive Mapper to reverse the
>: > drive's names - i.e. change D: to C:, and C: to D:? I guess the real
>: > question is, even if Drive Mapper will make the change, will that change
>: > result in the Registry becoming discombobulated to the point the machine
>: > won't boot? Or is the only to find out to try it?
>: >
>: > Is another option to uninstall the new drive to (hopefully) put the
>beast
>: > back to its original condition, test it to see if it will run, and then
>: > re-install the new drive as a slave to the original drive. This PC
>isn't
>: > going to be used for much beyond web stuff, a little word processing,
>and
>: > iTunes downloads.
>: >
>: > As I look at the BIOS setup, the new (160 GB) drive is set as the
>Primary
>: > Master (Type: User), the CDROM is set as Primary Slave, and the old (11
>: GB)
>: > drive is set as Secondary Master (Type: User). The person who installed
>: the
>: > new drive said he had some problems getting the machine to recognize it.
>: He
>: > also couldn't get the beast to recognize more than 127 GB of the 160,
>but
>: I
>: > found that XP SP 1 hasn't been installed either. I also believe the
>: system
>: > must have a 48-bit LBA-compatible BIOS installed. Not sure where to
>find
>: > that information.
>: >
>: > Anyone have any thoughts about the best way to proceed?
>: >
>: > Toyman
>: >
>: >
>:
>:
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