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
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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.

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