Subj : Re: Ntldr
To   : Wayne Chirnside
From : Charles Scaglione
Date : Sat Oct 23 2004 01:21 pm

WAYNE CHIRNSIDE wrote to CHARLES SCAGLIONE

WC> CS> Of course if your BIOS does not support 48bit LBA, you can
WC> CS> always use an add on card such as one from Promise or another.
WC> CS> Those cards contain an on board BIOS.

WC>I looked at Promise a while back because I'd had excellent results
WC>with one of their older BIOS'ed I/O cards.

WC>I didn't see a suitable solution at their web site or in local 
WC>dealerships ( though that doesn't mean it doesn't exist).

WC>Looking at www.compusa.com 
WC>I see a card by Siig and one by Belkins that suit my needs here.
WC>Either card supports over 137 Gig barrier.

Both the Siig and Belkin cards are good.  I've seen them in CompUSA as 
you have.  One thing about using a card with on board BIOS - it's going 
to extend the time it takes to boot the system.  But that can't be 
helped.

Whenever a system is too old to support a large hard drive, (not 
necessarily the 137GB barrier) I usually recommend a new motherboard.  
The newer boards support 48bit LBA and SATA.  My current board is 
limited to 137GB but for now that's not a problem.  I'm running XP dual 
booting with Win2000 and still have plenty of drive space with an 80GB 
and 20GB drive in the machine.

Regards.


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