4A160J0
Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows 98SE, Windows 98
1.0.3.1 (2-Apr-2003)
4A160J0
Big Drive Enabler
Maxtor's Big Drive Enabler is a one step executable that enables support for drives larger than 137 Gigabytes in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 and XP Service Pack 1. This utility takes the guess work out of editing the Windows registry. The Big Drive Enabler fixes an operating system limitation. This utility is needed anytime a Hard Disk Drive larger than 137 GB is connected to the motherboard's ATA bus, regardless of any system BIOS that supports 48-bit LBA.
Sivakumar (DG Staff Member) on 4-May-2006
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