System Info:

Asus P4B
Pentium 4 1.6
Windows XP (w/sp1)
Promise Ultra TX2 100 ATA Controller Card

I purchased a Western Digital 200 GB hard drive. I added it to the IDE 2
connection on the Promise controller card (IDE 1 has an 80GB drive
currently running).

When the machine was rebooted the Promise controller reports the new
drive as 189GB (which is correct I think).

However, when going to XP's disk administrator, it sees the drive as
128GB.

When using Western Digitals Data Life tools for windows to try and
install the disk, it reports that its 131 GB.

I have service pack 1 installed on XP. According to Microsoft this
automatically enables the EnableBigLba=1 required to allow XP to see the
full drive.

Any ideas?

http://www.promise.com/support/downl...ory=All&os=100


"Jim Green" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:Xns943E5AD5A74BDbaconscanshotmailcom@216.196.97.129...
> System Info:
>
> Asus P4B
> Pentium 4 1.6
> Windows XP (w/sp1)
> Promise Ultra TX2 100 ATA Controller Card
>
> I purchased a Western Digital 200 GB hard drive. I added it to the IDE 2
> connection on the Promise controller card (IDE 1 has an 80GB drive
> currently running).
>
> When the machine was rebooted the Promise controller reports the new
> drive as 189GB (which is correct I think).
>
> However, when going to XP's disk administrator, it sees the drive as
> 128GB.
>
> When using Western Digitals Data Life tools for windows to try and
> install the disk, it reports that its 131 GB.
>
> I have service pack 1 installed on XP. According to Microsoft this
> automatically enables the EnableBigLba=1 required to allow XP to see the
> full drive.
>
> Any ideas?

I did the same. I had to go to the WD site and download
the latest version.
Worked well afterward



>-----Original Message-----
>System Info:
>
>Asus P4B
>Pentium 4 1.6
>Windows XP (w/sp1)
>Promise Ultra TX2 100 ATA Controller Card
>
>I purchased a Western Digital 200 GB hard drive. I added
it to the IDE 2
>connection on the Promise controller card (IDE 1 has an
80GB drive
>currently running).
>
>When the machine was rebooted the Promise controller
reports the new
>drive as 189GB (which is correct I think).
>
>However, when going to XP's disk administrator, it sees
the drive as
>128GB.
>
>When using Western Digitals Data Life tools for windows
to try and
>install the disk, it reports that its 131 GB.
>
>I have service pack 1 installed on XP. According to
Microsoft this
>automatically enables the EnableBigLba=1 required to
allow XP to see the
>full drive.
>
>Any ideas?
>.
>

"Jean" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:001701c3b37f
$c5da4360$(E-Mail Removed):

> I did the same. I had to go to the WD site and download
> the latest version.
> Worked well afterward
>

Downloaded the driver for the ATA card from western digital??

Thanks for your reposnse!

i think u need split partition into 200 like 100 gb each
or like that


>-----Original Message-----
>System Info:
>
>Asus P4B
>Pentium 4 1.6
>Windows XP (w/sp1)
>Promise Ultra TX2 100 ATA Controller Card
>
>I purchased a Western Digital 200 GB hard drive. I added
it to the IDE 2
>connection on the Promise controller card (IDE 1 has an
80GB drive
>currently running).
>
>When the machine was rebooted the Promise controller
reports the new
>drive as 189GB (which is correct I think).
>
>However, when going to XP's disk administrator, it sees
the drive as
>128GB.
>
>When using Western Digitals Data Life tools for windows
to try and
>install the disk, it reports that its 131 GB.
>
>I have service pack 1 installed on XP. According to
Microsoft this
>automatically enables the EnableBigLba=1 required to
allow XP to see the
>full drive.
>
>Any ideas?
>.
>

Refer to the following page:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;303013

"peggy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:006d01c3b6a4$d9b0f2d0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> i think u need split partition into 200 like 100 gb each
> or like that
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >System Info:
> >
> >Asus P4B
> >Pentium 4 1.6
> >Windows XP (w/sp1)
> >Promise Ultra TX2 100 ATA Controller Card
> >
> >I purchased a Western Digital 200 GB hard drive. I added
> it to the IDE 2
> >connection on the Promise controller card (IDE 1 has an
> 80GB drive
> >currently running).
> >
> >When the machine was rebooted the Promise controller
> reports the new
> >drive as 189GB (which is correct I think).
> >
> >However, when going to XP's disk administrator, it sees
> the drive as
> >128GB.
> >
> >When using Western Digitals Data Life tools for windows
> to try and
> >install the disk, it reports that its 131 GB.
> >
> >I have service pack 1 installed on XP. According to
> Microsoft this
> >automatically enables the EnableBigLba=1 required to
> allow XP to see the
> >full drive.
> >
> >Any ideas?
> >.
> >

This is a bios limitation. Try splitting it into two partitions @ 90 GB each
The file system takes up a lot of space, so it reserves its space, at about
10 GB for every hundred GB.

"peggy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:006d01c3b6a4$d9b0f2d0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> i think u need split partition into 200 like 100 gb each
> or like that
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >System Info:
> >
> >Asus P4B
> >Pentium 4 1.6
> >Windows XP (w/sp1)
> >Promise Ultra TX2 100 ATA Controller Card
> >
> >I purchased a Western Digital 200 GB hard drive. I added
> it to the IDE 2
> >connection on the Promise controller card (IDE 1 has an
> 80GB drive
> >currently running).
> >
> >When the machine was rebooted the Promise controller
> reports the new
> >drive as 189GB (which is correct I think).
> >
> >However, when going to XP's disk administrator, it sees
> the drive as
> >128GB.
> >
> >When using Western Digitals Data Life tools for windows
> to try and
> >install the disk, it reports that its 131 GB.
> >
> >I have service pack 1 installed on XP. According to
> Microsoft this
> >automatically enables the EnableBigLba=1 required to
> allow XP to see the
> >full drive.
> >
> >Any ideas?
> >.
> >