BIOS Limitation

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I have an old eTower 400ix that im trying to install XP pro on. I know its
not tested and built for XP, but i've had 2003 server on it, and it worked
fine, so i know it can hold the OS. I have an 80 Gig Seagate in it, and the
eTower supposedly has a 20 gigabyte limitation, so each time i try to install
xp pro, i run into errors and data loss, because of the inability to handle
such a large drive. Its a seagate, which is pretty good. Is there anything i
can do to trick the BIOS into only seeing 20 Gigs.. or anything that anyone
knows that can help me solve this issue. I need the PC for a web server, and
i think it would be kinda hard to find a HD under 40 gigs.. very unlikely 10
- 20. any suggestions would help.
 
Get a PCI IDE card, that way you completely bypass the etowers bios. I use a Promise card in my
system as I have 4 hard drives, a dvd-rom, and a dvd-rw. The cards own BIOS will take care of the
drive limitation issue.
 
w00t said:
I have an old eTower 400ix that im trying to install XP pro on. I know its
not tested and built for XP, but i've had 2003 server on it, and it worked
fine, so i know it can hold the OS. I have an 80 Gig Seagate in it, and
the
eTower supposedly has a 20 gigabyte limitation, so each time i try to
install
xp pro, i run into errors and data loss, because of the inability to
handle
such a large drive. Its a seagate, which is pretty good. Is there anything
i
can do to trick the BIOS into only seeing 20 Gigs.. or anything that
anyone
knows that can help me solve this issue. I need the PC for a web server,
and
i think it would be kinda hard to find a HD under 40 gigs.. very unlikely
10
- 20. any suggestions would help.
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Other than David's suggestion to use a controller card whose BIOS will
handle larger drives, check if the motherboard maker has a BIOS flash update
on their web site, or use the drive overlay manager (Seagate should have
one, too, just like Maxtor and Western Digital have theirs).
 
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