The BIOS on the ATA PCI card should recognize the full capacity of the drive.

If you are using an add-on ATA PCI adapter card, do not use this utility. This procedure applies only to ATA drives connected directly to the motherboard.

Instead, it is highly recommended you either update your system's BIOS or purchase an ATA PCI controller card to bypass your system's BIOS. Please be aware that the 'Set Hard Drive Size' feature is no longer available in the current versions of MaxBlast and DiscWizard, so you will have to use SeaTools for DOS instead to set the hard drive's capacity.įollowing this procedure will allow you to access your hard drive however you won't be able to use the full capacity. The feature allows older systems with a BIOS limitation to boot with the drive in the system instead of locking up or freezing during the boot process. The ability to 'Set Capacity' is a feature in SeaTools for DOS that will instruct the selected hard drive to report a size smaller than its true capacity during boot. Some motherboard BIOSes limit your internal drive's capacity.

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