>-----Original Message----- >From: John Ferrell [mailto:johnferrell@EARTHLINK.NET] >Sent: 08 February 2004 14:39 >To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU >Subject: Re: [EE:] What are acceptable Hard Disk shipping >packaging standards? > > >I ordered & received a Seagate 200GB drive from TigerDirect >for $149+$11.32+tax-$50 rebate. It was packed in two plastic >shells suspended in a pair of foam shock absorbers. >Installation was well documented but required a large down >load from the Seagate site. It had to make a registry change >in XP Pro to get by the 137 GB boundry. If you were running Service Pack 1, 48 bit logical block addressing is already enabled. Even if you are running pre-SP1 XP Pro, enabling 48bit LBA requires the addition of just one registry key, which should have been a simple .reg file, not a huge download. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Atapi\Parameters\ Create a new DWORD value called EnableBigLba, set the value to 1 Regards Mike ======================================================================= This e-mail is intended for the person it is addressed to only. The information contained in it may be confidential and/or protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you must not make any use of this information, or copy or show it to any person. Please contact us immediately to tell us that you have received this e-mail, and return the original to us. Any use, forwarding, printing or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. No part of this message can be considered a request for goods or services. ======================================================================= Any questions about Bookham's E-Mail service should be directed to postmaster@bookham.com. -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body