alrighty, here we go! installing XP on new formatted 500gb sata II

[Kahasm]

re-installing XP on a new sataII hard drive
after i boot, press any key to boot from CD ROM; get thru the windows is
testing my system screens and after i press F8 to accept, I am at the install
windows where screen.

My formatted 500gb drive is showing as only 130gbs and I am being told it
might be corrupted. Its not corrupted. it was new. I just formatted it in
other pc. other pc recognises it. formatted to 465.75 gbs; allows file
transfers, etc...

i remove it and place it in new pc build. get back to install windows where
screen.
130gbs only on main partition, no other partitions showing, no unallocated
space showing.

xp install disc is SP1, but should not have any issues recognising another
NTFS pre-formatted HD ( u would think).

Fine, I delete the partition and redo it at this screen, Only allows me to
format 130 gbs out of the 465.75 i just had. I power down, put sata2 back
into older pc, boot up. reformat it to 465.75 gbs. and i am now frustrated
and very confused...

any ideas?

 

[bw]

Fine, I delete the partition and redo it at this screen, Only allows me to
format 130 gbs out of the 465.75 i just had. I power down, put sata2 back
into older pc, boot up. reformat it to 465.75 gbs. and i am now frustrated
and very confused...

any ideas?

Dude had a similar problem somewhere on the boards, I believe with a WD
external, he said he updated the disk controller per WD tech. Check with
the manufacturer.

 

[RajKohli]

Is your Motherboard is latest as well? Can it support 500GB hard drive? How
much size it shows in BIOS Setup? Have you checked the BIOS settings?

The other PC you are talking about has already Windows XP installed and
whatever you plug in Windows will automatically recognize it or may ask you
for drivers. So there will no issue with another PC which has already Windows
XP. But you are trying to install Windows XP and it is different thing.

Try loading BIOS settings to Default level. Save the settings and restart
your PC and then run the setup.

Another thought is, some disc require additional drivers at the time of
installation by pressing F6. Just watch the space at the time of installation.

Let us know!

 

[HeyBub]

re-installing XP on a new sataII hard drive
after i boot, press any key to boot from CD ROM; get thru the windows
is testing my system screens and after i press F8 to accept, I am at
the install windows where screen.

My formatted 500gb drive is showing as only 130gbs and I am being
told it might be corrupted. Its not corrupted. it was new. I just
formatted it in other pc. other pc recognises it. formatted to 465.75
gbs; allows file transfers, etc...

Yep. The original XP would only recognize a 132GB hard drive.

You'll have to slip-stream (at least) SP1 with your original XP
distribution. Or load some drivers. I forget which.

 

[Michael]

Yep. The original XP would only recognize a 132GB hard drive.

You'll have to slip-stream (at least) SP1 with your original XP
distribution. Or load some drivers. I forget which.

From Windows 2000 SP3 and Windows XP SP1 onwards, the atapi driver
supports more than 128 GiB IDE HDDs but the support isn't turned on by
default (sure in 2000 SP4 but unsure in XP SP1 because I always use an
SP2/3 disc to install). You may check that if your motherboard emulates
the SATA drive as an SCSI drive or an IDE drive. You may put the new HDD
into another computer running Windows NT/2000/XP, partition and format
it, run:
X:\I386\WINNT32.exe /tempdrive:N /syspart /noreboot
where X is the CD-ROM and N is the 1st partition on the new HDD.
Run:
regedt32
select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and then "Load Hive" on the menu, type:
N:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\setupreg.hiv
and press OK.
Type something and press OK.
Goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\something\controlset001\services\atapi\parameter
Create a new DWORD value called EnableBigLba and set it to 1.
Finally, shutdown the computer, put the HDD back to the original one,
and run setup from the HDD. You should see 465.75 GiB HDD now.

 

[John John (MVP)]

From Windows 2000 SP3 and Windows XP SP1 onwards, the atapi driver
supports more than 128 GiB IDE HDDs but the support isn't turned on by
default (sure in 2000 SP4 but unsure in XP SP1 because I always use an
SP2/3 disc to install). You may check that if your motherboard emulates
the SATA drive as an SCSI drive or an IDE drive. You may put the new HDD
into another computer running Windows NT/2000/XP, partition and format
it, run:
X:\I386\WINNT32.exe /tempdrive:N /syspart /noreboot
where X is the CD-ROM and N is the 1st partition on the new HDD.
Run:
regedt32
select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and then "Load Hive" on the menu, type:
N:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\setupreg.hiv
and press OK.
Type something and press OK.
Goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\something\controlset001\services\atapi\parameter
Create a new DWORD value called EnableBigLba and set it to 1.
Finally, shutdown the computer, put the HDD back to the original one,
and run setup from the HDD. You should see 465.75 GiB HDD now.

None of that is required and Windows XP SP1 ignores or disregards the
EnableBigLba registry value. The OP is not using sysprep to deploy
Windows XP, he should simply slipstream SP1 to his Windows CD.

John

 

[John John (MVP)]

None of that is required and Windows XP SP1 ignores or disregards the
EnableBigLba registry value. The OP is not using sysprep to deploy
Windows XP, he should simply slipstream SP1 to his Windows CD.

Sorry, I misread your post, I incorrectly misread /sysprep instead of
/syspart, disregard my post.

John