harddrive

[Guest]

i installed a 200 gig hard drive and i only show 128 gigs. what would be the safest way to get the rest of my gigs with out lossing my info installed.

 

[Rich Barry]

Try a Bios update for your Motherboard. Make sure that Windows Update SP1
is installed.

i installed a 200 gig hard drive and i only show 128 gigs. what would be

the safest way to get the rest of my gigs with out lossing my info
installed.

 

[Jerry]

One - does your motherboard recognize drives larger than 137Gb?

Two - if one is OK then have you installed XP SP1?

Three- if two is ok then turn on 48-bit LBA.

i installed a 200 gig hard drive and i only show 128 gigs. what would be

the safest way to get the rest of my gigs with out lossing my info
installed.

 

[DL]

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303013&Product=winxp

i installed a 200 gig hard drive and i only show 128 gigs. what would be

the safest way to get the rest of my gigs with out lossing my info
installed.

 

[Keith]

i installed a 200 gig hard drive and i only show 128 gigs. what
would be the safest way to get the rest of my gigs with out
lossing my info installed.

Might be a BIOS limitation or XP. Check to see if the Hard Drives
installation software has a special program that goes in the boot
sector to help BIOS and Windows detect the large hard drive.