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I just installed Win XP (what a nightmare), but windows only shows the capacity of the drive as about 130 GB (the capacity is 300 GB). How do I fix this? Right now the hard drive is connected as a SATA 1, but is a SATA 2 (was switched because of problems). If I switch bach to SATA 2 and format from Win XP will it format the whole thing or just the part that windows sees?
Thank you,
Ryan
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It's not a bug and fully explained at http://www.48bitlba.com
Bob
you have to set partitions
reformat, and say you want 3 100GB partitions, or w/e sized partitions you want
You need XP SP1 or later to accomplish this. The noted site documents this issue in deep detail.
Bob
By the way.....don't forget to update to SP2....you need the update to allow XP to manage more than 127. It can be limited by either your bios or your XP. Either way, you might need to update BOTH! If you call your hard drive manufacturer's tech line, they'll walk you through it......have fun!!
JB
You're problem isn't with you're XP. It's your computer's bios that limits the hard drive size that is recognized to only 127 gig. Check with your board manufacturer's website and, if you have big balls, flash the bios with the latest update.....then it will read all your drive regardless of how big it is or what OS you're using. I just went through the same thing and opted to install a seperate Siig SATA PCI card instead of taking a chance on flashing my chip. Either way, don't blame your XP....having used all of Microsoft's OSs, XP is still yhe most user friendly of the bunch as far as I'm concerned!
Good luck!!
JB
Hello, try this one......
start/control panel/administrative tools/computer managment/storage/disk managment.....if you can see the rest of your disk there....right click/a)formate it, b)make it logical......if i remember right!!!!!!If you can't see your disk there go to BIOS (DEL) and you will find....hd auto detect...if it detects only 130Gb you have a problem!!!if it detects almost 300Gb your ok, and you got your answer....hope to help you...excuse my English.tasosxr 8-)
I recently hooked up 2 SATA 250GB Caviar Drive's.
I used my on board Raid program to setup the Raid 0+2. I did have to make a Bootdisk for the Raid driver's.
Windows XP shows that I have about a 476GB HD.
So, not sure where the problem lies with your particular setup.
I have a 250G and a 160 installed with no problems. I also am using NTFS not Fat32.
Have you installed the proper drivers and, have you changed the boot order in the BIOS settings?
It is not Windows XP or any Windows, but I am sure that it is your motherboard who needs upgrade.
if the drive is bigger than 137 gigs, you have to right click the My computer icon and click manage. once the window pops up, click the Disk Management link under the Storage tree. You should see all you hard drives and CD drives listed, you should also see the 300 gig in there as a dynamic disk, right click that and format it. then go from there.
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