Jim, This is not always the case. There were drives that were made that had a 2.1G limit jumper setting. This told the IDE board on the drive to report a 2.1G geometry to the BIOS so the overlay program wasn't needed. Kyle Elmblade Distinct Computer Solutions [log in to unmask] From: "Jim Meagher" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 2:18 PM Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] To move a harddrive. > Raymond, > > The jumpers on the hard drive only identify that it is the only drive, > master drive, or slave drive. There is no hardware setting to control > the "size" of the disk. > > Assuming your BIOS and/or HDD controller can handle the larger drive size > ....... > There ARE software solutions that can allow you to claim/recover the rest > of the drive's storage space without damaging the currently installed > software. > Most notably, Partition Magic, but there are other products that do the > same. > > Even if your system can not deal with a larger drive, Partition Magic will > allow you to create a second "logical" drive from the unused portion. > > Jim Meagher > > From: "Raymond Keirn" <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 3:30 AM > Subject: [PCBUILD] To move a harddrive. > > > > Raymond K here , System is Packard bell multimedia R515, 200MHz Pros ,32Mg > ram > > 2.1Gb Hdd connected to motherboard . The original Hdd was a Ultra DMA > 3.2Gb > > I am asumming factory set to 2.1Gb , Changed somewear to a Fujitsu 3.2Gb > Also > > set to 2.1 Gb . Is it possible to move this harddrive to a new controller > card > > and change the jumper settings to take advantage of the full size of the > > hdd without destroying my operating sys. I only have a Rescue disk and > matching > > floppy to use. I am going to be adding a new Hdd -bigger- later on and > would like a hardware workaround for the bios instead of overlay software . > Would this new card be able to help me with my current Hdd or is it to late. > It is Fat32 with the newest bios update they had . Sorry for any incorrect > info. Thanks from ray. The NOSPIN Group is now offering Free PC Tech support at our newest website: http://freepctech.com