From: "Geo." 

"You Can"  wrote in message
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> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Atapi\Parameters
> registry subkey.
>    3. Add a REG_DWORD value name EnableBigLba and set its value to 1.

thanks, that key did not exist. I don't have time to try it now but I will
soon as I get home. This would explain why I could disk image to the whole
drive but could not create a partition to cover the whole drive using XP
instead of disk image.

Geo.

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