Using a Hard Disk exceeding 137GB with USB
Friday, May 22, 2009 at 4:23 am
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ed
(659 messages posted)
Does anyone have experience of using a Hard Disk larger than 137 GB on a USB 2.0
port with Windows 98/ME?
It's not possible to use a disk exceeding 137 GB on an IDE/EIDE cable (unless the
BIOS supports 48-bit LBA, which requires a BIOS dated 2002 or later: not likely with
Windows ME). But I have heard that the 137 GB limit does not apply if a USB connection
is used instead of IDE.
I realise the disk would need to be partitioned as multiple partitions, each smaller
than 126 GB (because of an internal limitation within Windows 98/ME). Though it may
now be possible to buy a third-party IDE driver which removes this limitation.
In any event, there are several third party partitioning utilities available to replace
Microsoft's FDISK, in order to successfully partition a disk larger than 137 GB.
I would prefer not to use a Serial-ATA disk on a PCI card (using a 48-bit LBA controller),
since an external disk on a USB 2.0 port would be a more flexible option, as I want
to put in place a means of easily backing-up my existing IDE disks. And I am not
willing to risk using a DDO.
So I wondered if anyone had successfully used a hard disk larger than 137 GB on a
USB 2.0 port? If so, what are the pitfalls to avoid?
Ed
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