At 09:22 PM 2/17/2006 -0600, David Ross wrote:
>> The maximum size hard disk the 380/385 series will handle is 8 GB.
>I've
>> never been able to get a larger drive to work in mine. Just pick up a
>cheap
>> drive about 20 GB or so and run the IBM/Hitachi Feature Tool disk on
>it.
>> One of the menu choices will set the drive to appear to be 8 GB to the
>> computer.
>
>This *is* a waste. Better is to use a this or similar tool to create a
>relatively small partition that the the BIOS will understand, and a
>large partition recognized by Windows. Since Windows from '95 onwards
>does not use the BIOS but addresses the drive directly, the limitation
>does not apply.
>
>We have a 560 and a 560X each with a 20 gig drive running this way.
>
>- David R.
You may also be able to use the Kroll-Ontrack Disk Manager or EZ-BIOS BIOS
overlays to get full access to these large drives. BIOS overlays are meant
to provide workarounds for BIOS drive size limitations. The latest
versions of these overlays are even able to break the 137gb barrier. More
details:
http://www.ontrack.com/diskmanager/
Many new drives sold for desktops include OEM versions of Disk Manager or
EZ-BIOS. Note that using a BIOS overlay may complicate certain things such
as running multiple OS's, unusual partition arrangements, moving a drive
from one PC to another, and using some bootable CD or DOS-based tools.
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