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Re: Not able to see large hdd on NT install

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From: Jonathan Schwartz - IWIC
Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 00:00
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It's based on your BIOS and windows NT old IDE.SYS files. If you install NT
on your drive and use 8Gb of the 10Gb drive and run Service PACK 4,5, or 6
you should see the extra 2Gb. If not then the problem is with your BIOS of
your motherboard. Try upgrading your BIOS of  your Motherboard

"americanson" <americanson@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I am trying to load NT4 on my system but it will not see my 10GB hdd.  Is
> there a limit on HDD size?  If not how can I get the NT install to see all
> of my harddrive?  Currently it is only seeing 8GB of the drive.
>
> TIA
>
>
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