Intel® Application Accelerator Information on Using Hard Drives Larger than 137GB (48-bit LBA)
You can use the Intel® Application Accelerator to access the full capacity of hard drives that are larger than 137GB on Intel® chipsets with Windows* XP, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows 98 SE, Windows 98, and Window NT* 4.0.
The Intel Application Accelerator supports hard drives that are greater than 137GB -- which is also referred to as 48-bit logical block addressing (LBA). The Intel Application Accelerator enables 48-bit LBA on any supported chipset and operating system.
Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows 98 SE, Windows 98, and Windows NT 4.0 do not currently provide native support for hard drives that are larger than 137GB (Windows XP Service Pack 1 adds 48-bit LBA support) †. Please contact Microsoft* for additional information.
In order to enable hard drives larger than 137GB, you will need to install the Intel Application Accelerator or install a 3rd party 48-bit LBA controller card. Although the Intel Application Accelerator supports 48-bit LBA hard drives, it is not designed, nor is it capable of modifying partition sizes.
When using Windows Me, Windows 98 SE, or Windows 98 you may need to install a 3rd party hard drive partitioning software such as PartitionMagic* or Partition Commander* in order to increase the partition size to the hard drive's full capacity.