Can't Install 1TB Hard Drives

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Terry Smerling

I have tried unsuccessfully to install two different 1 TB hard drives -- a
Samsung and a Western Digital; and each time I could not get my system to
"see" the drive. Instead, my system reports a 32mb drive. I have a fairly
new system with Windows Vista factory-loaded on it. My goal is to reinstall
Vista onto the new drive. When I attempt to install Vista, the Vista
install program likewise reports that the new drive is only 32mb. Can
anyone steer me in the right direction? Could it be a BIOS problem?
 
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Hot-text

Put the Samsung and a Western Digital software in the A: Drive and start
your PC. the software will give you help. If you do not have a A: Drive Buy
one!!!!!
 
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Terry Smerling

For the Western Digital 1TB drive --

The BIOS says:

Cylinders 65535
Heads 16
PreComp 0
Landing Zone 65534
Sectors 255

IBM's Ontack says the settings should be;

Cylinders 16383
Heads 16
PreComp 16384
Landing Zone 16384
Sectors 63
 
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Terry Smerling

When you say the "A: drive" do you mean a floppy drive, which I already
have? The Western Digital software is much larger than the capacity of a
floppy. I am able to boot from the Western digital CD, but that didn't work
either.
 

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