Using a Hard Disk exceeding 137GB with SATA
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at 1:36 pm
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ed
(659 messages posted)
In fact I've fitted my Windows ME machine with a set of USB 2.0 ports, by installing
a PCI card. So I would not be trying this with a USB 1.1 port.
What I was wondering is whether anyone had met with unqualified success, perhaps
by installing a USB 2.0 PCI card with a 48-bit LBA controller? My existing PCI card
is an old one, which I would have to replace. It does the job well, in terms of providing
USB 2.0 ports; but it doesn't have a 48-bit controller.
Does your Adaptec USB 2 PCI card provide 48-bit LBA support?
The only PCI cards I've so far found which provide 48-bit LBA functions are for SATA
or PATA/EIDE disks, but I was hoping to track down a USB 2.0 PCI card that has a
48-bit LBA controller.
Otherwise my best option might be a 48-bit SATA PCI card. There are lots about, e.g.
at Amazon. But that means fitting a 3.5 inch caddy in my spare 5.25 inch drive bay,
installing a SATA hard disk (OEM) into it, buying a SATA data cable and a molex-to-SATA
power cable convertor, and installing a SATA PCI card. A slightly daunting prospect!
Can you think of any problems to watch out for in installing and partitioning a SATA
disk (probably a 500 GB disk) in that way?
(Other than the need for the partitions to be less than 127GB each for WinME. The
disk would have to be partitioned using the hard disk manufacturer's software.)
Ed
On Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 10:55 pm, C K wrote:
>I looked through the drivers on that site at one time, but didn't find any that
fit
>my hardware so didn't try any.
>
>I use all Acomdata or Vantec enclosures (prefer Acomdata though) so it really doesn't
>matter about the model number. The older ones I use on the Win 9X system are no
>longer sold, but the newer models that are still around should work the same, but
>the newer models may cause problems on a USB1.1 system no matter what drivers you
>use. I have an Adaptec USB 2 and Firewire card on my Asus P2B-DS system that has
>been really stable. The cheaper cards really gave me fits, including scrambling
>the data on the drives when they decided to disconnect so it was worth the extra
>20 bucks for the adaptec as the BX chipset in the motherboard seemed to like it
better.
>
>I haven't had corruption yet, but then I don't run the Win 9X system every day either
>so it could be only a matter of time...
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