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Had a request for more storage space on a Pentium III system based on the
Intel 440BX chipset. The motherboard features a Highpoint HPT 366 Ultra
ATA/66 chipset for faster IDE than that provided by the 440BX chipset.

I connected a new 80 GB drive to the Highpoint controller. The Highpoint
Bios recognized the correct make/model of the drive but reported the size as
something slightly over 12 GB. When the drive was connected to the ATA 33
controller of the 440 BX, the correct size was reported.

I cloned the old drive, 13 GB with two NTFS partitions and W2K Workstation
SP4, onto the new one, using Norton Ghost. Ghost recognized the correct
size and let me adjust NTFS partition size to my choices.

After I had completed the clone, I connected the new drive to the Highpoint
controller and it booted fine with Windows recognizing the full size and
partition sizes of the drive. The Highpoint controller still recognizes the
drive as about 12 GB.

My concern is that in this situation, the drive may produce data errors. Do
I have a potential problem?
Thanks
 
Ask the manufacturer. The controller bios may need to be flashed.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect.

:
| Had a request for more storage space on a Pentium III system based on the
| Intel 440BX chipset. The motherboard features a Highpoint HPT 366 Ultra
| ATA/66 chipset for faster IDE than that provided by the 440BX chipset.
|
| I connected a new 80 GB drive to the Highpoint controller. The Highpoint
| Bios recognized the correct make/model of the drive but reported the size
as
| something slightly over 12 GB. When the drive was connected to the ATA 33
| controller of the 440 BX, the correct size was reported.
|
| I cloned the old drive, 13 GB with two NTFS partitions and W2K Workstation
| SP4, onto the new one, using Norton Ghost. Ghost recognized the correct
| size and let me adjust NTFS partition size to my choices.
|
| After I had completed the clone, I connected the new drive to the
Highpoint
| controller and it booted fine with Windows recognizing the full size and
| partition sizes of the drive. The Highpoint controller still recognizes
the
| drive as about 12 GB.
|
| My concern is that in this situation, the drive may produce data errors.
Do
| I have a potential problem?
| Thanks
| --
| Ron Carruthers
| Lonely Pine Consulting
|
|
 
Unfortunately the m'board maker has abandoned upgrades fro this board. So do
I abandon expansion plans or take a chance?
 
Entirely up to you and the importance of the data on the drive. Appears the
hardware is obsolete.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect.

:
| Unfortunately the m'board maker has abandoned upgrades fro this board. So
do
| I abandon expansion plans or take a chance?
| --
| Ron Carruthers
| Lonely Pine Consulting
 
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