200GB HDD Reconizing Problem

[hiyoiamjams]

Hi guys, I'm helping a friend get his computer up and running. He bought a new cube pc case with a mobo included. I'm pretty sure its a 865 or 845 chipset. Anyways, I'm trying to install windows xp and the board only sees 136GB of the drive when it is a seagate 200gb. Same problem in windows xp setup. How am I going to get the drive to be reconzised as 200gb as I am partitioning it? Thanks!

 

[InlineFive]

1. Make sure his BIOS is capable of using 48-Bit addressing.
2. Slipstream SP1 into his WinXP disk as vanilla XP doesn't support 48-Bit addressing. Do a Google search since I don't know of any good places for this.

Oh, 48-Bit addressing is needed for drives over 136GB.

Good luck!

 

[hiyoiamjams]

The board is a CFI-S86, VIA P4M266 North Bridge and VIA VT8233 South Bridge, does this support 48-bit addressing, if the bios supported it, then shouldn't I be able to see 200GB in the bios?

 

[Gagabiji]

Originally posted by: hiyoiamjams
The board is a CFI-S86, VIA P4M266 North Bridge and VIA VT8233 South Bridge, does this support 48-bit addressing, if the bios supported it, then shouldn't I be able to see 200GB in the bios?

That's what I am saying. Check and see if there is a BIOS update for the motherboard that states if it supports 48-Bit Addressing or not. I believe that southbridge is capable of 48-Bit addressing. That being said I'm betting you probably have to slipstream SP1.

 

[Vanadium]

You could always partition the drive.... maybe divide it into 2 - 100GB partitions.

Just an idea.

 

[hiyoiamjams]

Originally posted by: SirDude

Originally posted by: hiyoiamjams
The board is a CFI-S86, VIA P4M266 North Bridge and VIA VT8233 South Bridge, does this support 48-bit addressing, if the bios supported it, then shouldn't I be able to see 200GB in the bios?

That's what I am saying. Check and see if there is a BIOS update for the motherboard that states if it supports 48-Bit Addressing or not. I believe that southbridge is capable of 48-Bit addressing. That being said I'm betting you probably have to slipstream SP1.

Yeah I do have Windows XP SP1, the motherboard manufactuer is CFI, some obscure brand and the website is no help either. I'll go ahead and install with SP1 and see what happens thanks

 

[Markfw]

When you create the partition during the install, make it 100 gig, and then use Partition magic (or similar tool) and resize the parition after all patches are installed, to the full size.

 

[RollWave]

last resort = 30 dollar promise PCI to ATA card...I love mine!