Windows HDD Limitations?

I've purchased new base unit AM2 64X2 Athlon 4600, 2gb RAM and ASRock NF6G
Mobo. I have a new SATA2 320gb HDD and have been trying to instal WinXP Pro
using a 'contrived' boot CD which initially uses Win98SE ('start up' floppy
disc files) and then XP Pro CD files to transfer the XP Pro files. First
part of instal seems to go OK and allows me to create a Primary active dos
partition but it only takes 43099Mb of the 320GB for this purpose and won't
recognise the rest of the HDD. If I continue with the instal I get a message
saying that "at least ???????? Mb ( I cannot recall the exact figure) is
required on the partition to continue", - this quoted figure is obviously
more than the 43099Mb!! I have looked at BIOS and found that LBA is on Auto
and that HDD is recognised OK, SATA cables seem to be properly installed
using SATAII-1 socket on Mobo and jumper on HDDhas been removed to allow
30.GB/s transfer. My question is - what is causing this to happen and how
can I resolve the situation? Would be grateful for any advice.


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