Windows XP only seeing 32GB of my 160GB drive

S

Shawn

Hi. I'm trying install Windows XP Home Edition on a new 160GB drive
but it seems that Windows is only recognizing the drive as a 32GB HD.
If I choose to continue with a 32GB partition it brings me to the
screen where I can select NTFS or FAT. For kicks I chose NTFS and
went through the installation and once XP was up and running it was
still reporting the drive as 32GB only.
Is there something obvious I should check so that I might be able to
use the other 80% of my hard disk?

The HD is a Samsung 1604N drive. My motherboard is a DFI NforceII
board, fairly new.

Thanks, Shawn
 
J

Jerry

First, your motherboard's BIOS must be capable of supporting drives larger
than 137Gb

Second, if the above is true, then you must install SP1 and turn on 48-bit
LBA to get XP to see the larger drive.
 

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