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

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From: R.K. (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/24/04 

Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 16:33:11 -0700

I've checked out the manufacturer's site already, read
their faqs, downloaded and ran the programs they suggested
and I'm still left with no more 137gb. I also spent
several hours reading over the microsoft pages, to no
avail. Any other ideas?

---Original Message-----
>"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.
>--
>John McGaw
>[Knoxville, TN, USA]
>
>Return address will not work. Please
>reply in group or through my website:
>http://johnmcgaw.com
>
>
>.
>

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