MAxtor 160G HDD 100G unformatted space ..SAFE?

[hippi]

hi
i have recently added new maxtor 160GB hdd however my bios shows only 136GB ..so i installed patch from maxtor which enables 48bit addressing mode and safely(?) transfers data to HDD.and after intalling my XP started to recognise as 151GB hDD now here i need to ask that if is it a correct way to use my hdd with this small software from maxtor...bcoz my assembler told me that if u use your hdd as is then it may develope bad sectors as my mobo doesnot support this much large capacity.

Also i am only using..as of now 50GB of 151 gb in two partitions..and rest is unformatted space...is it safe?
or should i format remaing space also eventhough asof now i dont need it..
thanx

[shwetanshu]

hey 845 do supports 160 GB hard disk i m using it and as for unformatted space.. dont know if its bad but i also have 10 gb unformatted

[hippi]

i think my BIOS version is old...my mobo is 2002 manufacture..so it supports only 136GB i guess
but is it safe is the MAIN question

[JGuru]

There is nothing wrong with unformatted space.
But it's better you format them.
The OS utilities try to fix the problems
in the formatted region only!!
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