Changing LBA on HDD with Active HPA

Ronaldo · 7 May 2007 at 03:18

hey guys, is there any ways to change LBA as my hdd has a incorrect address.

i tried few software like seatools and hdat2 but the problem is i have active HPA on the drive.

seagate 7200.10 250GB and it shows only 137gb

thanks

swinnie · 7 May 2007 at 08:41

are the 'jumpers' set correctly, because isn't one of the options to on a 'limit capacity' setting?

Ronaldo · 7 May 2007 at 10:48

no jumpers on

swinnie · 7 May 2007 at 10:59

That will mean it is defaulted to master then. This has me stumped. Will have a quick look on google, wikipedia and the like and let you know!

Ronaldo · 7 May 2007 at 14:48

i'v tried loads of things, what i dont understand why would they ship a hdd like that.

the only way to remove with seatool/hdat2 is by using a bios that does not lock HPA but all new mobos lock them.

i need to findout a way to bypass this. i'v asked for a RMA because i'm getting sick of this but still would like to fix this and keep it