Re: Buildin a NEW PC

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i would like to thank Terry & JSand anna for there insite to my question .. and to the group in general

thanks all



"Anna" <myname@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:OL3LxkwpJHA.1184@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

"Pantz" <pantzdowntomyankles@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:E685CAF0-7DA4-4027-BF72-7B7DEA9B2BAA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
hello all , i will be building a new PC this week, just waiting for the parts to arrive ,
AMD Phenom IIX4 940
Gigabyte GA-MA720 MB
Geforce 512 9600 GT
4Mges corsair 1066ram
Hatachi 1T sata HD
here is my Question , since windows XP can only see 137 Gig of the HD how will i go about getting it to see the full amount of the HD , from what i understand if i go into the BIOS of the new MB and set it to see the SATA drive as the primary drive, will XP see the FULL size drive during the install ? , or will it ask for the SATA drivers from a floppy disk ( as a 3rd party disk) ( i dont have a floppy drive ) or do i not load the sata drivers at the prompt when it is asked during the XP install ? , during the install i will be partioning the HD for 100gig just for the OS .... any help or suggestions will be greatly appriciates

Thanks in advance

Pantz:
As you have heard from Terry & JS, your system will detect the full capacity of your 1 TB HDD as long as you're installing an XP OS that contains any Service Pack (SP1 or SP2 or SP3).

Assuming you're installing a non-RAID configuration (and it seems obvious that this is so since you're working with a single HDD), there will be *no* necessity to install an auxiliary SATA controller driver during setup (installation of the OS). The default BIOS settings for that motherboard will provide SATA HDD detection. Should, at a later date, you decide to implement a RAID configuration, auxiliary SATA controller drivers will be necessary to establish that configuration. The drivers will be available via the motherboard's installation CD. You will need to carefully review your Gigabyte MB's User's Manual to effect that RAID configuration.

As you're obviously aware during the OS setup routine you can multi-partition your HDD according to your personal needs.
Anna


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