Re: New hard drive capacity

In news:A8A47054-A844-4F1B-817D-BF17A9F3F620@microsoft.com,
old_spartan <oldspartan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> My old hard drive crashed and I replaced it with a 250gb
> Maxtor. When
> doing the install, it only shows a little over 131000mb
> available. I
> know that the capacity will never be the nominal amount shown
> for the
> drive, but this is barely more than half.
>
> I ran the Belarc advisor and it does show that I have a 250gb
> drive
> installed.
>
> I have tried the install twice with the same results. I am
> running XP
> Pro. Any advice or explanations will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Keith

First off, your system's BIOS must support 48 bit Large Block
Addressing. Second,your XP installation CD must include at
least Service Pack 1 in order to utilize the full capacity of
your new hard drive.

Here are some articles with more info on this subject,

Why can I only see 127 to 137 GB of my 160+ GB drive in Windows
XP?
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.j...000dd04090aRCRD

Windows 137GB Capacity Barrier
http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/tp/137gb.pdf

How to enable 48-bit Logical Block Addressing support for ATAPI
disk drives in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...kb;en-us;303013

To get around this limitation, you'll need to create what's
called a "slipstreamed" XP installation CD which will include
Service Pack 2.

Create a Slip Stream version of Windows XP
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/slipstream.htm

Here are some of the files you'll need to obtain in order to
follow this procedure:

Windows XP Service Pack 2 Network Installation Package for IT
Professionals and Developers
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...&displaylang=en

Order Windows XP Service Pack 2 on CD
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...us/default.mspx

AutoStreamer 1.0.33
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/1092632287/1

CDBurner XPPro
http://www.cdburnerxp.se/download.php

Here are some other resources you might want to take a look at:

How to use AutoStreamer to Slipstream Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/...tostreamer.html

Slipstreamed Windows XP CD Using SP2
http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm

Slipstreaming Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Create Bootable CD
http://www.helpwithwindows.com/Wind...sp2-bootcd.html

How can I slipstream service packs into the Windows 2000,
Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 media?
http://www.petri.co.il/windows_2000...ipstreaming.htm

Universal Windows Slipstreaming and Bootable CD Guide
http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?ac...&showarticle=49

Good luck

Nepatsfan