160GB 48bit addressing in the old OS

9 Apr 2005 3:59 PM

gian

I would like to know what happens if one adds an auxiliary HD to Win2k
below SP3(or win98), i.e. to those OS not geared to support the 48 bit
addressing.
1. Does this corrupts the all data of the HD, by simply adding the HD
and opening the PC
2. Or with the old OS, by opening the pc (and without writing to the
HD) is possiblt to mantain the HD intact, i.e. without corrupting the
data, and possibly with a message of warning that there is something
wrong on it.

Thanks for any answer

9 Apr 2005 4:18 PM

DL

Why cannot you apply the large lba fix?
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305098

What happens depends on whether the disk, you are adding, has data on it,
from a sys that sees the whole disk.

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"gian" <science2***@libero.it> wrote in message
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> I would like to know what happens if one adds an auxiliary HD to Win2k
> below SP3(or win98), i.e. to those OS not geared to support the 48 bit
> addressing.
> 1. Does this corrupts the all data of the HD, by simply adding the HD
> and opening the PC
> 2. Or with the old OS, by opening the pc (and without writing to the
> HD) is possiblt to mantain the HD intact, i.e. without corrupting the
> data, and possibly with a message of warning that there is something
> wrong on it.
>
> Thanks for any answer