You can use the Intel® Application Accelerator to access the full capacity of hard drives that are larger than 137GB on supported Intel® chipsets with a supported operating system. The Intel Application Accelerator supports hard drives that are greater than 137GB -- which is also referred to as 48-bit logical block addressing (LBA).

Windows* XP, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows 98 SE, Windows 98, and Windows NT* 4.0 do not provide native support for hard drives that are larger than 137GB. 48-bit LBA support can be added with Windows* XP Service Pack 1 ^†and Windows* 2000 Service Pack 4 ^†. Please contact Microsoft* for additional information. In order to enable hard drives larger than 137GB, you will need to install the Intel Application Accelerator or install a 3rd party 48-bit LBA controller card.

Although the Intel Application Accelerator supports 48-bit LBA hard drives, it is not designed to, nor is it capable of, modifying partition sizes. When using Windows* Me, Windows 98 SE, or Windows 98 you may need to install a 3rd party hard drive partitioning software such as PartitionMagic* or Partition Commander* in order to increase the partition size to the hard drive's full capacity.

• Installation Instructions
• 48-bit LBA BIOS Support
• Using Updated Version of FDISK for Windows* 98 SE/98
• Large Hard Drive Support in Windows Me/98 SE/98
  • 48-bit LBA Test Program for Windows Me/98 SE/98
  • Notice for Customers Using Drive Overlay Software from Ontrack
• Notice for Customers Using Western Digital* Hard Drives Larger than 137GB
• Calculation of Large Hard Drive Size
• Important Notice with Uninstalling the Intel Application Accelerator
• Installing Software Such as MaxBlast* Plus from Maxtor*
  

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This applies to:

Intel® Application Accelerator