installing a 750 gb hard drive problems

[Guest]

Is their anyone out their that can tell me how to fix the 137 gb draw back
from xp pro? I have sp2 and it will not let me have more than 127 gb to play
with even though it is a 750 gb seagate sata drive.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Is their anyone out their that can tell me how to fix the 137 gb
draw back from xp pro? I have sp2 and it will not let me have more
than 127 gb to play with even though it is a 750 gb seagate sata
drive.

Does your BIOS show the entire drive?
If the hardware does not see it - Windows XP is not going to.

If you have SP2 - your OS is ready...
The question is - do you have the latest version of your system BIOS and
does it support such a large drive?

 

[JS]

Your BIOS must support 48bit LBA to go beyond 137GB. If you can not find a
BIOS update as posted earlier then look into a PCI card for your drive to
connect to.

JS

 

[Larry(LJL269)]

See Why can I only see 127 to 137 GBytes of my 160+ GB drive
- Seagate Technology:
http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/faq/137_overview.html
Why can't I see the full capacity of my drive:
http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/capacity/index.html
HTH-Larry

Is their anyone out their that can tell me how to fix the 137 gb draw back
from xp pro? I have sp2 and it will not let me have more than 127 gb to play
with even though it is a 750 gb seagate sata drive.

Any advise given is my attempt to show appreciation for all
the excellent help I've received here but I'm no MVP so it
may only apply NUGS (Normally, Usually, Generally, Sometimes

 

[DL]

because either your bios doesnt support large hd's or your winxp cd doesnt

 

[Rock]

because either your bios doesnt support large hd's or your winxp cd doesnt

The OP said he has SP2.