200gig will only be seen as a 130gig

[Guest]

I have windows XP Professional, I bought a 200 gig harddrive but it will only
come up as a 130 gig I can't find a update that will fix windows so it will
read the drive as a 200 gig.
I used windows update still will only read as a 130gig.......

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Visit the support web site of the manufacturer of your computer
or motherboard and search for a BIOS update. Your motherboard
may not be capable of seeing a 200GB hard drive due to a design
limitation. A BIOS update should correct the issue if one is available.

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

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
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| I have windows XP Professional, I bought a 200 gig harddrive but it will only
| come up as a 130 gig I can't find a update that will fix windows so it will
| read the drive as a 200 gig.
| I used windows update still will only read as a 130gig.......

 

[Alvin Brown]

Hello

Try this link good information

Why can I only see 127 to 137 GBytes of my 160 GB drive in Windows XP
http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/faq/137_winxp.html



Alvin