How to set up a SATA HDD under XP?

[Guest]

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to set up a SATA HDD in XP?
I have successfully installed the SATA HDD, and check the CMOS and the SATA
HDD is detected. However, under XP, I don't find any new hardware, could
anyone give me any suggestions on how to set up a SATA HDD under XP?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions
Eric

 

[DL]

Disk Management
See Help, Partition & Format

 

[Guest]

Thank you for your suggestions
I find the tools for disk management, afterinitiating the disk, the size of
disk is detected to be 128 GB, but this HD is 250 GB.
At this moment, I don't perform partition and format yet.
Do you have any suggestions what cause this problem?
Thank you for any suggestions
Eric

 

[jorgen]

Thank you for your suggestions
I find the tools for disk management, afterinitiating the disk, the size of
disk is detected to be 128 GB, but this HD is 250 GB.
At this moment, I don't perform partition and format yet.
Do you have any suggestions what cause this problem?
Thank you for any suggestions
Eric

You might be missing a service pack. One of the things in SP1 was
support for hard drives larger than 128 GB

 

[DL]

As jorgen states; you appear to be missing a service pack
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303013&Product=winxp

 

[Guest]

Thank everyone for suggestions
I have installed SP2, and SATA HDD is 238GB available space.
My computer seems to run slower with SP2 updated, is it normal?
For formating the HD, there is no choice for the type of format. My current
HD is FAT format. do I have to format SATA HD into NTSF? there is not much
choice for HD format.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thank everyone for any suggestions
Eric

 

[HeyBub]

Thank everyone for suggestions
I have installed SP2, and SATA HDD is 238GB available space.
My computer seems to run slower with SP2 updated, is it normal?
For formating the HD, there is no choice for the type of format. My
current HD is FAT format. do I have to format SATA HD into NTSF?
there is not much choice for HD format.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thank everyone for any suggestions

Windows 2000 and above will not create a FAT32 drive larger than 32G. They
can USE a drive formatted by some magical, external process, but won't
CREATE one.

NTFS has several advantages over FAT32: security, speed, and, very
importantly, self-healing capability.

Try here, and follow the links, for a FAT32 formatter:
http://www.freebyte.com/filediskutils/#diskmanagement

 

[DL]

You might check with your hw manufacturers for udated drivers, specifically
chipset

 

[Guest]

Thank everyone for suggestions
When I select NTFS format, there is a option to compress file and folder.
Does anyone have any suggestions on what it does?
If the folder and files compressed, will it cause slower in performance for
retrieving data?
Thanks for any suggestions
Eric

 

[Vic]

Eric, you asked if it is normal for XP to run slower after SP2 is
installed. From my experience and everything I've heard, the answer is
*YES*
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