Hard Drive still recognized as 137gb, and not 160gb.

[R.K.]

OK... I'm trying to install a 160gb hardrive.. I've been
spending the last 5 hours trying to get it up and
running... The first problem was that it would only appear
as a 32gb drive, which I managed to change by updating the
bios.

The current problem I'm having is trying to get Windows to
recognize that it's a 160gb Hard Disk and not a 137gb one.
I've tried to follow the instructions on this site to
remedy the situation, but they don't make any sense: -
i.e., instructing me to edit registry keys that aren't
anywhere to be seen on my registry, and updating the
atapi.sys file which didn't have any affect either. I've
tried installing the Service Pack 1 which I didn't have
installed before, and it still didn't have any affect
whatsoever. Is there anything else I can do??? I have
Windows XP Home Edition by the way (And now I have SP1 now,
too).

Thanks.

 

[John McGaw]

OK... I'm trying to install a 160gb hardrive.. I've been
spending the last 5 hours trying to get it up and
running... The first problem was that it would only appear
as a 32gb drive, which I managed to change by updating the
bios.

The current problem I'm having is trying to get Windows to
recognize that it's a 160gb Hard Disk and not a 137gb one.
I've tried to follow the instructions on this site to
remedy the situation, but they don't make any sense: -
i.e., instructing me to edit registry keys that aren't
anywhere to be seen on my registry, and updating the
atapi.sys file which didn't have any affect either. I've
tried installing the Service Pack 1 which I didn't have
installed before, and it still didn't have any affect
whatsoever. Is there anything else I can do??? I have
Windows XP Home Edition by the way (And now I have SP1 now,
too).

Thanks.

If your BIOS recognizes the whole drive and you have SP1 installed you still
have one step more: there is a registry change that needs to be made to
enable XP to see it too. Easiest way to do this is to download a utility
from your drive's manufacturer to make the changes for you -- every drive
maker I know of offers something to do the job. In any case, go to their
site and query their help system and you should find either the utility or
some instructions to walk you through the trivial change needed. This
problem is something that they face all the time so they make it as easy as
possible for you to do it yourself without bugging their support staff and
costing them money. If you are not intimidated by such things, check out
Microsoft's site for KB303013 which explains the whole thing pretty
thoroughly.
--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]

Return address will not work. Please
reply in group or through my website:
http://johnmcgaw.com

 

[R.K.]

I've checked out the manufacturer's site already, read
their faqs, downloaded and ran the programs they suggested
and I'm still left with no more 137gb. I also spent
several hours reading over the microsoft pages, to no
avail. Any other ideas?

---Original Message-----

OK... I'm trying to install a 160gb hardrive.. I've been
spending the last 5 hours trying to get it up and
running... The first problem was that it would only appear
as a 32gb drive, which I managed to change by updating the
bios.

The current problem I'm having is trying to get Windows to
recognize that it's a 160gb Hard Disk and not a 137gb one.
I've tried to follow the instructions on this site to
remedy the situation, but they don't make any sense: -
i.e., instructing me to edit registry keys that aren't
anywhere to be seen on my registry, and updating the
atapi.sys file which didn't have any affect either. I've
tried installing the Service Pack 1 which I didn't have
installed before, and it still didn't have any affect
whatsoever. Is there anything else I can do??? I have
Windows XP Home Edition by the way (And now I have SP1 now,
too).

Thanks.

If your BIOS recognizes the whole drive and you have SP1 installed you still
have one step more: there is a registry change that needs to be made to
enable XP to see it too. Easiest way to do this is to download a utility
from your drive's manufacturer to make the changes for you -- every drive
maker I know of offers something to do the job. In any case, go to their
site and query their help system and you should find either the utility or
some instructions to walk you through the trivial change needed. This
problem is something that they face all the time so they make it as easy as
possible for you to do it yourself without bugging their support staff and
costing them money. If you are not intimidated by such things, check out
Microsoft's site for KB303013 which explains the whole thing pretty
thoroughly.
--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]

Return address will not work. Please
reply in group or through my website:
http://johnmcgaw.com


.

 

[John McGaw]

I've checked out the manufacturer's site already, read
their faqs, downloaded and ran the programs they suggested
and I'm still left with no more 137gb. I also spent
several hours reading over the microsoft pages, to no
avail. Any other ideas?

The big question is: when booting, does your BIOS admit that the drive is
160gB (more-or-less)? If it doesn't then you have hit the wall and will have
to buy a separate PCI controller card and use it to access the drive. This
should work since that is what the drive manufacturers do when they sell a
drive "kit". FWIW most of them seem to use Promise controllers and they are
relatively cheap.
--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]

Return address will not work. Please
reply in group or through my website:
http://johnmcgaw.com

---Original Message-----

OK... I'm trying to install a 160gb hardrive.. I've been
spending the last 5 hours trying to get it up and
running... The first problem was that it would only appear
as a 32gb drive, which I managed to change by updating the
bios.

The current problem I'm having is trying to get Windows to
recognize that it's a 160gb Hard Disk and not a 137gb one.
I've tried to follow the instructions on this site to
remedy the situation, but they don't make any sense: -
i.e., instructing me to edit registry keys that aren't
anywhere to be seen on my registry, and updating the
atapi.sys file which didn't have any affect either. I've
tried installing the Service Pack 1 which I didn't have
installed before, and it still didn't have any affect
whatsoever. Is there anything else I can do??? I have
Windows XP Home Edition by the way (And now I have SP1 now,
too).

Thanks.

If your BIOS recognizes the whole drive and you have SP1 installed you still
have one step more: there is a registry change that needs to be made to
enable XP to see it too. Easiest way to do this is to download a utility
from your drive's manufacturer to make the changes for you -- every drive
maker I know of offers something to do the job. In any case, go to their
site and query their help system and you should find either the utility or
some instructions to walk you through the trivial change needed. This
problem is something that they face all the time so they make it as easy as
possible for you to do it yourself without bugging their support staff and
costing them money. If you are not intimidated by such things, check out
Microsoft's site for KB303013 which explains the whole thing pretty
thoroughly.
--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]

Return address will not work. Please
reply in group or through my website:
http://johnmcgaw.com


.

 

[DJS0302]

I've checked out the manufacturer's site already, read

their faqs, downloaded and ran the programs they suggested
and I'm still left with no more 137gb. I also spent
several hours reading over the microsoft pages, to no
avail. Any other ideas?

What file system are you using when you format the disk? If you've partitioned
the drive into one single partition then you have to use the NTFS file system
because FAT 32 can only handle partitions up to 137 GB.

 

[wojo]

Format NTFS instead of FAT32

I've checked out the manufacturer's site already, read
their faqs, downloaded and ran the programs they suggested
and I'm still left with no more 137gb. I also spent
several hours reading over the microsoft pages, to no
avail. Any other ideas?

---Original Message-----

OK... I'm trying to install a 160gb hardrive.. I've been
spending the last 5 hours trying to get it up and
running... The first problem was that it would only appear
as a 32gb drive, which I managed to change by updating the
bios.

The current problem I'm having is trying to get Windows to
recognize that it's a 160gb Hard Disk and not a 137gb one.
I've tried to follow the instructions on this site to
remedy the situation, but they don't make any sense: -
i.e., instructing me to edit registry keys that aren't
anywhere to be seen on my registry, and updating the
atapi.sys file which didn't have any affect either. I've
tried installing the Service Pack 1 which I didn't have
installed before, and it still didn't have any affect
whatsoever. Is there anything else I can do??? I have
Windows XP Home Edition by the way (And now I have SP1 now,
too).

Thanks.

If your BIOS recognizes the whole drive and you have SP1 installed you still
have one step more: there is a registry change that needs to be made to
enable XP to see it too. Easiest way to do this is to download a utility
from your drive's manufacturer to make the changes for you -- every drive
maker I know of offers something to do the job. In any case, go to their
site and query their help system and you should find either the utility or
some instructions to walk you through the trivial change needed. This
problem is something that they face all the time so they make it as easy as
possible for you to do it yourself without bugging their support staff and
costing them money. If you are not intimidated by such things, check out
Microsoft's site for KB303013 which explains the whole thing pretty
thoroughly.
--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]

Return address will not work. Please
reply in group or through my website:
http://johnmcgaw.com


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