Re: Hard Drive still recognized as 137gb, and not 160gb.
From: John McGaw (nowhere_at_inparticu.lar)
Date: 04/24/04
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Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 19:43:57 -0400
"R.K." <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> 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?
The big question is: when booting, does your BIOS admit that the drive is
160gB (more-or-less)? If it doesn't then you have hit the wall and will have
to buy a separate PCI controller card and use it to access the drive. This
should work since that is what the drive manufacturers do when they sell a
drive "kit". FWIW most of them seem to use Promise controllers and they are
relatively cheap.
-- John McGaw [Knoxville, TN, USA] Return address will not work. Please reply in group or through my website: http://johnmcgaw.com > > ---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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