>2TB4XP

[Keatah]

Is it possible to use drives in the 12TB range on WindowsXP? I seem to recall that Paragon made some sort of patch or utility that allowed for such a thing. But at the same time, seem to remember there were significant exceptions and limitations.

 

Thoughts?

 

[wierd_w]

Microsoft released an LBA48 patch for XP, but needs service pack 1.

 

http://smallvoid.com/article/winnt-lba-48-bit.html

 

 

Your boot volume must be on a system that has bios-level 48 bit LBA support though. (So, either a very recent BIOS implementation, or a DDO.)

OTHERWISE---

You need a smaller (under 137gb, iirc?) boot volume, and then once the OS loads, MS's 32bit disk drivers handle all the heavy lifting.  (partition your device accordingly.)

[Krebizfan]

Paragon GPT Loader was the product to that did that. I remember it worked with the initial batches of 3 TB drives but I wouldn't trust it with any critical data stored on a 12 TB drive. That type of utility needs very accurate information about the drive and software written a decade before the drive was manufactured is unlikely to have that. 

 

LBA-48 broke the 128 GB barrier but XP was still limited by the MBR limit of 2 TB. 

[wierd_w]

Oh yeah-- I had forgotten about the MBR limitation.

 

D'oh

[Keatah]

Yes. I was afraid of that. This is mission critical in a family kind of way. Best to use an OS that correctly supports big disks like 12-16GB and BIGGER.