Large volume sata disk not fully recognized

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I am doing a new install with xp pro using a maxtor ultra sata 250gb hdd. XP
finds the drive okk, but only recognizes approx 130 mb of the drive. Any
suggestions?
 
shawn said:
I am doing a new install with xp pro using a maxtor ultra sata 250gb hdd. XP
finds the drive okk, but only recognizes approx 130 mb of the drive. Any
suggestions?
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For IDE drives, more than 137 GB requires SP1. Perhaps this is true for
SATA.
Jim
 
shawn said:
I am doing a new install with xp pro using a maxtor ultra sata 250gb
hdd. XP finds the drive okk, but only recognizes approx 130 mb of
the drive. Any suggestions?
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First - what does your BIOS see? (Seeing SATA - I assume the entire drive -
but...)
Secondly - what version of XP Pro? Pre-SP1, SP1 or SP2 integrated?
(You need SP1 or above to recognize 137GB+ drives.)
 
besides that you need to update your motherboards bios with the latest
drivers
i have the same problem even though i had XP SP1 and upped to SP2 still
nothing until i
updated the motherboard itself
 
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