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Name: aznboy818
Date: April 6, 2004 at 16:57:05 Pacific
OS: xp
CPU/Ram: amd 2400 / 1gb
Comment:

which one am i suppose to set it as lba ,chs or large




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Response Number 1
Name: jam
Date: April 6, 2004 at 17:01:03 Pacific
Reply:

how about "AUTO"?


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Response Number 2
Name: Jake
Date: April 6, 2004 at 17:25:12 Pacific
Reply:

Auto if you have it, but of the three you listed, LBA.


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Response Number 3
Name: aznboy818
Date: April 6, 2004 at 17:29:17 Pacific
Reply:

what is the difference from those 3


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Response Number 4
Name: XpUser
Date: April 6, 2004 at 19:43:53 Pacific
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"what is the difference from those 3"


lba, chs, large are related to HD BIOS and Capacity Factors

lba = Logical Block Addressing
chs = Sector, Cylinder, Head

See http://www.osdev.neopages.net/tutorials/chs_lba.php?the_id=87


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Response Number 5
Name: Sabertooth
Date: April 6, 2004 at 19:52:50 Pacific
Reply:

.......also LBA was developed by Western Digital while LARGE (echs) was developed by Seagate.


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