Use this cached article.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:eMuhKr9yRxYJ:support.microsoft.com/kb/2581408+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
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Hi I have a used HP xw8600 work station I picked up cheap. its an awesome machine with 2 xeon 5430 processors and 16 gig ram running on windows 7 64 bit os.
it came with a 500 gig hard drive and has operated fine.
I just needed more storage so I bought a Western Digital 3 TB green sata internal drive to add in the case. to my knowledge no jumpers need to be set like the older drives with the master/ slave configuration required ?
computer still runs fine,new drive just doesnt show in my computer.
Under computer management/ Disk management screen my drives show up but the 3 TB drive shos as 746 gig only and is still unaccessible. Is it possible my bios needs updated to accomodate that large of drive? my bios must be original back to 2008 date. I did go to HP website and downloaded a whole bunch of updates for this particular machine including bios but I have yet to install or make changes as it is still operating good now just cant access that new hard drive. Thanks in advance guys! you are always helpful in past ! :> )
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Thanks Bob, Sometimes I dont fully understand all this stuff but I try..... Over the years now I have had a few issues and you've pointed me in the right direction I truly appreciate your help. So generally, this drive is meant for a server and not a desktop pc even though the box says Desktop hard drive? Once again thanks for your assisitance Bob ! take care !
The cached article Bob linked to is for Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 and Windows 8. It says you should initialise it as a GPT disk, not a MBR disk, you must have the right drivers and the motherboard must support it.
Maybe it's easier to buy a 2 TB disk! That's also more than 500 GB. And I expect a machine like yours to accommodate 2 of those, if necessary.
Kees
I would have bought 2 tb all best buy had in stock was this drive and a couple smaller drives for desktops. I think it should list compatiblity issues on the box for us geek squad wanna bes lol
Did you partition and format that drive in Disk Management?
(too many youtubes on that step)
Bob
If you'd tell us HOW you formatted the drive, we could help. As it is, I'll just tell you my dog broke my crystal ball. I will point out that once you get over 2.2 GB, you can't format a partition NTFS,
Today's HDDs may or may not arrive ready to use. Some prep is required.
in disk management it shows the two hard drives Disk 0 which = C: and Disk 1 which Im assuming is the new drive. all the info shown seems correct for the C drive but the data for other drive shows 746.39 gig?
WD should have articles about limitations imposed by BIOS and OS. But to get the drive working we must prepare it.
WD also has ways to limit the drive size but I don't see enough detail to go down that path yet. You seen to be new to adding drives so finish the partition and format and once that's done we'll chat more.
In the meantime, look in Device Manager and tell me what model HDDs are listed.
Bob