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48-bit LBA Tools & Drivers

Hard Drive Manufacturer Tools

Maxtor: MaxBlast 3
Partition and Format a Maxtor Hard Drive

Seagate: DiscWizard
Partition and Format a Seagate Hard Drive

Seagate: SeaTools Diagnostic
Diagnostic for Seagate Hard Drives

Western Digital: Data Lifeguard
Partition and Format a Western Digital Hard Drive

Hitachi: Downloads and Utilities
Drivers and Tools for Hitachi Hard Drives

Samsung: Disk Manager
Tools and Utilities for Samsung Hard Drives

Third Party Tools

Symantec: Norton Partition Magic
Hard Drive Partitioning Tool

Acronis: Partition Expert
Hard Drive Partitioning Tool

Acronis: Disk Director
Hard Drive Partitioning Tool

DIY DataRecovery DiskPatch
Data recovery tool for disk repair, partition recovery, hard disk cloning, and more.

Other Tools

48bitlba.com EnableBigLba tool
Tool to test system for EnableBigLba Windows registry value.

Drivers

Intel: Intel Application Accelerator
48-bit LBA driver for Intel 8xx chipsets

VIA: IDE drivers for 48-bit LBA
48-bit LBA drivers for VIA chipsets. VIA 4in1 driver and IDE Miniport driver.

Promise Technology: Support
Support and Drivers for Promise Technology PCI ATA Controllers

Universal ATA driver for Windows NT4/2000/XP from Alter.Org.UA
Try this driver if your motherboard or ATA controller does not support updated drivers to support 48-bit LBA.

Win98: Enable 48-bit LBA patch for Windows 98 posted on MSFN.ORG
Implements 48-bit LBA support into Windows 98's default IDE driver to support hard drives larger than 137GB.

Patches

Rudolph Loew's 48-bit Patch for Windows 98/98SE/ME
High Capacity Disk Patch Program patches Windows 98/98SE/ME to support hard drives larger than 137GB

HDINFO
Having trouble installing your 48-bit LBA Hard Drive?
48-bit LBA BIOS Test.

Companion Tool for Windows Vista.
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