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    Concerning 48 bit LBA and upgrading to a larger drive.

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by doncarlos, Sep 28, 2010.

  1. doncarlos

    doncarlos Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am still new here, and have received some great suggestions.

    So I thought I would post a link that may help some when trying to determine whether their BIOS is 48 bit LBA supported, for installing a larger drive (over 137GB)

    Finally found my answer.

    Load this free tool HWiINFO32
    HWiNFO32 Download

    You can locate that information on the left hand window pane by expanding the trees
    Find Drives>ATA/ATAPI
    -highlight your drive in my case HTSxxxxxxxxx

    Now look in the main window to the right, and scroll down until you see "Features" in the main window.
    -You will see a green check mark next to "48 bit Enabled"

    Yay


    Also that program tell you quite a bit about your system so that is a plus.

    Hope this helps somebody else.

    My experience had been that the BIOS/motherboard manufacturer could not answer the question and referred me to Sony and a week of Sony they could not provide that specific answer.
     
    doncarlos, Sep 28, 2010
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