![]() Note: All MB values in this article are 1,048,576 Bytes (1024x1024). ![]() These BIOSes can limit the usable capacity of your new (E)IDE drive. This article targets at these PCs that have a system BIOS dated from 1992 to 1998. In the last few years, harddisks have become larger and faster at an incredible rate.ĭue to the favorable prices of the present large Enhanced IDE drives and the ever expanding software footprint, the whole class of 486 and Pentiums PCs can benefit of a harddisk upgrade. ![]() The Int 13h extensions - Breaking the 8 GB barrier.The BIOS IDE Harddisk Limitations Contents Download the BIOS Int 13h Extensions detection utility (6 KB ZIP-file).Download the WD Table Check utility (56 KB).The utilities mentioned in this article can also be downloaded here. Download BIOSLIM2.DOC now (14 KB ZIP-file).This has become quite a story! Instead of reading the HTML version below, you can also download the Microsoft Word 6.0/7.0 version of this article. The BIOS IDE Harddisk Limitations Harddisk Upgrade: The BIOS IDE Harddisk Limitations by Jan Steunebrink
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