Microsoft KB Archive/167052

= Maximum Number of Supported SCSI Disk Drives Increased =

Article ID: 167052

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q167052



SYMPTOMS
You will not be able to connect more than 38 hard drives to a Windows NT computer.



CAUSE
A buffer used for communicating with the SCSI device request was limited to 2 KB causing the disk drive limitation.



RESOLUTION
The buffer size has been expanded by four times the original size.

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Windows NT 4.0. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.

Additional query words: 4.00

Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB167052

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