Re: Hard Drive still recognized as 137gb, and not 160gb.

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From: John McGaw (nowhere_at_inparticu.lar)
Date: 04/24/04 

Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 18:47:42 -0400

"R.K." <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3d2701c42a4b$ae6e8950$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> OK... I'm trying to install a 160gb hardrive.. I've been
> spending the last 5 hours trying to get it up and
> running... The first problem was that it would only appear
> as a 32gb drive, which I managed to change by updating the
> bios.
>
> The current problem I'm having is trying to get Windows to
> recognize that it's a 160gb Hard Disk and not a 137gb one.
> I've tried to follow the instructions on this site to
> remedy the situation, but they don't make any sense: -
> i.e., instructing me to edit registry keys that aren't
> anywhere to be seen on my registry, and updating the
> atapi.sys file which didn't have any affect either. I've
> tried installing the Service Pack 1 which I didn't have
> installed before, and it still didn't have any affect
> whatsoever. Is there anything else I can do??? I have
> Windows XP Home Edition by the way (And now I have SP1 now,
> too).
>
> Thanks.

If your BIOS recognizes the whole drive and you have SP1 installed you still
have one step more: there is a registry change that needs to be made to
enable XP to see it too. Easiest way to do this is to download a utility
from your drive's manufacturer to make the changes for you -- every drive
maker I know of offers something to do the job. In any case, go to their
site and query their help system and you should find either the utility or
some instructions to walk you through the trivial change needed. This
problem is something that they face all the time so they make it as easy as
possible for you to do it yourself without bugging their support staff and
costing them money. If you are not intimidated by such things, check out
Microsoft's site for KB303013 which explains the whole thing pretty
thoroughly. 

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