HDD Problems

[wesleyfraser]

Hello,

I bought a 200 gig SATA hdd the other day and when i finally put it into my new system it is only showing up as 130 gig, what could i possible to utilize the full size of my drive and where must i check if any is not correct?

Thanks

Wesley

 

[supersunbird]

Are you running Windows XP without any of the 2 service packs installed?

Rightclick in My computer, go to properties, it will say:
Windows XP
Professional or Home
Version 2002
nothing or Service Pack 1 or 2

 

[wesleyfraser]

No service packs, when i was asked to create a partition while installing xp it only displayed the 130 gig.

 

[supersunbird]

You need at least Service Pack 1 installed to use your full gigs, pre-service pack Windows XP can't format more than 130GB.

Though I think it can see more than 130GB on a drive formatted in another machine.

 

[wesleyfraser]

cool will install the service pack and see what happens thanks for your help

 

[supersunbird]

Pleasure

 

[Claymore]

Also, update your motherboard BIOS. You need the BIOS able to support 48-bit LBA, as well as XPSP1 or Win2K SP4 (I think).

If you have installed XP using the motherboard manufacturer's drivers (using F6 on the install), that should work too.

 

[supersunbird]

I thought about the BIOS and then I thought that since he has a sata capable board, it cant be too old and thus should have a new enough BIOS already on.

But yeah, if the service pack doesn't solve it, then you'll need to update the BIOS.

 

[wesleyfraser]

thanks for all your help i can safely say that my harddrive problems have sorted out thanks again

 

[supersunbird]

Thanks for the update, glad to have helped