24-bit/48-bit addressing

[__earth]

hey, I wonder if any of you could help me out on how to find out whether a system is 24-bit or 48-bit addressing.

I just upgraded my silly computer to 200 GB and I need my system to support 48-bit addressing in order to use more than 137GB of space.

I'll google at the same time but if any of you know this, please do tell.

[luke]

if you just want to use a hard drive of over 137GB in capacity, having Windows XP SP1 is enough ...

another alternative is installing an IDE/ATA Controller PCI card ...

- from a user of two 200GB harddrives -

[qedx]

hmm my 200gb worked just fine before i installed sp1. its a new motherboard though, so maybe that's it

[__earth]

I read somewhere, I need both my OS and BIOS to support 48-bit addressing. The OS part seems to be okay but I am not so sure about the BIOS.

How do I check it in the BIOS? I explored the BIOS and I found nothing about 48-bit.

[screw3d]

I think what you need to do is to set your HDD's addressing mode to LBA.

[ikanayam]

__earth, what mainboard are you using?

[__earth]

__earth, what mainboard are you using?

some mobo. its alright anyway. Got the problem off my back.