Re: Cannot format new 200gb Hard disk

From: johnf (john_f_at_bigREMOVEpond.net.au)
Date: 09/12/04 

Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 20:58:49 +1000

There seems to be something wrong with that page, Rick.

It says if you don't have atapi.sys v5.1.2600.1135, download via ref Q331958
I've been up to date with SP1 & all fixes, yet my atapi.sys which is backed
up after installing SP2 is v5.1.2600.1106 & the SP2 installed version is
v5.1.2600.2180 - no sign of .1135 anywhere.
Have I missed or misread something? 

--
johnf
> Hi,
>
> If you've checked your registry entries and the version of atapi.sys as
> described here:
>
> How to Enable 48-bit Logical Block Addressing Support for ATAPI Disk
> Drives in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=303013
>
> Then you may have a BIOS problem. You will need to check that your BIOS
> version supports this size drive, and that your detection settings are
> correct. If it doesn't, then you may need to flash it with an updated
> one.
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Milleniumaire" <phill@lcsltd2.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:7a613a4a.0409120222.20c9a7c2@posting.google.com...
>> I have just installed a new Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 200gb
>> (ST3200822A) drive to replace an old 9gb drive.
>>
>> Windows XP Disk Manager recognises the drive and reports it as
>> 186.31GB Unallocated.  I can create a Primary Partition on this drive
>> to use up all 186.31GB, however if I also choose to format it then at
>> the very end of the format process I get the error
>>
>> "Logical Disk Manager:  The format did not complete successfully".
>>
>> The drive appears in Windows Explorer and when I try to access it I am
>> told that it is not formatted and prompts me to format it - which also
>> fails.
>>
>> I have also tried using Partition Magic 8.0 but this fails with Error
>> #514 Unknown error formatting volume during the final stage of
>> Updating System Information.
>>
>> When searching the Net, the number 137GB kept appearing as a "large
>> disk" boundary which may cause problems, so I tried creating a
>> partition of 130GB and it worked, however this leaves me with 70GB of
>> wasted space!  I am unable to create more partitions to use up the
>> extra space as the formatting fails.
>>
>> I am running Windows XP SP2 (I also tried it with SP1 before upgrading
>> to SP2).  The fact that windows CAN see the full size of the disk and
>> create partitions, but cannot format them seems curious.
>>
>> I have run some Seagate diagnostic tools to check the disk and no
>> errors have been reported.
>>
>> My machine spec. is:
>> Gigabyte GA-8IHXP Socket 478 ATX Rev 2.1
>> Intel Pentium 4 2.53ghz Northwood 512
>> 768mb PC1066 Rambus Memory
>> Winfast A250 Utra TD Graphics
>> 2 x DiamondMax+ D740X 40gb UDMA133 in stripped RAID array
>> Maxtor 90840D6 9gb
>> Seagate Barracuda 7200.7
>> LG GDR-8163BB DVD Rom
>> LG GSA-4040B Super Multi DVD Drive
>> Windows XP Professional + SP 2
>>
>> This appears to be a Windows XP problem, but is it possibly a
>> Motherboard restriction? (I would have thought not because windows can
>> see the whole drive, but just can't format it).
>>
>> I have spent a whole weekend trying to resolve this problem so any
>> pointers would be useful.

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