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220-301 · Question #45

A user is upgrading a hard drive to a new 400 GB ATA 133 hard drive. When the user boots the system only a portion of the capacity of the hard drive is recognized. What is a possible cause of the…

The correct answer is B. The BIOS needs to be flashed for larger hard drive support. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

Question

A user is upgrading a hard drive to a new 400 GB ATA 133 hard drive. When the user boots the system only a portion of the capacity of the hard drive is recognized. What is a possible cause of the problem?

Options

  • AThe hard drive requires an EIDE controller.
  • BThe BIOS needs to be flashed for larger hard drive support.
  • CThe motherboard only supports ATA 33 and ATA 66 drives.
  • DThe hard drive requires a SCSI controller.

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(23 responses)
  • A
    13% (3)
  • B
    74% (17)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    9% (2)

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