My 160G drive only has 137G even though I installed SP1?

[Gordy]

Can I see the whole capacity of the 160G C: drive without having to
reinstall windows with a CD with SP1 installed?

 

[Redmond]

Go to My Computer...right click on your C drive..go to properties..you will
see your capacity ..your bytes will be equal to 160gb.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

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Go to My Computer...right click on your C drive..go to
properties..you will see your capacity ..your bytes will be equal to
160gb.

No, his problem, which he understands, is that SP1 is required to
support drives over 137GB, and he doesn't have SP1.

 

[John McGaw]

Can I see the whole capacity of the 160G C: drive without having to
reinstall windows with a CD with SP1 installed?

Just having SP1 installed does not automatically guarantee that the entire
drive will be visible, just that it COULD be. What is needed is that the
proper registry changes also be made to ensure that the LBA 48 addressing is
actually being used. As an example, take a look at this FAQ from Maxtor:

http://maxtor.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/maxtor.cfg/php/enduser/olh_adp.php?p_faqid=960

I suspect that Maxtor's little patch program would work for any
manufacturer's drive but you should probably check out the website for your
own drive's maker to see if they have one. It seems almost impossible that
they wouldn't if they are making drives that need it.
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[f/fgeorge]

No, there is nothing wrong, you are the victim of advertising!
Saying a drive is a 160gb size is like saying that your car can do
the quarter mile in 4 seconds!
Not gonna happen! The drive is 160gb BEFORE the drive is partitioned,
even if there is only 1 partition, and formatted.

 

[Alex Nichol]

Can I see the whole capacity of the 160G C: drive without having to
reinstall windows with a CD with SP1 installed?

Use of more than 137 GB (decimal billion = 128 binary GB as used in
formatting) requires '48 bit LBA'. The previous 28 bits can only hold
the numbers of 128 G worth of sectors on the disk, and thus cannot
access sectors on beyond.

This needs a suitable drive (which you have)

WIndows XP at SP1

A controller and BIOS on the motherboard that can handle LBA - this
means only quite recent ones. A BIOS upgrade *might* do it, otherwise
you need a plug in card to connect the drive through

 

[Plato]

Can I see the whole capacity of the 160G C: drive without having to
reinstall windows with a CD with SP1 installed?

To see the 160 you need both SP1 and, your bios has to support the 48
bit drive.