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Is this normal on my 160gig hd?

Is it Western Digital?

Nevermind, even if it is Western Digital you should still be seeing 156.25 Gigs.

Update your BIOS?
 
Its a maxtor.

It was higher than that before i reformat ( from what i remember )

Jesus i dont want to reformat again...
 
Maybe it's writing off bad sectors?

Are you sure you didn't partition?

And are you sure your BIOS is up to date?
 
yeah, probably the 138gb limitation getting you.

update windows
get updated bios or get pci controller card
 
uestion


I have a drive that is larger than 137 GB but the operating system only recognizes 128 GB or 137 GB. How can I fix this?

Answer
Problem
The full capacity of ATA drives larger than 137GB is not recognized by the operating system.

Solution
Currently, there are three options to remedy the 137 Gigabyte barrier. Failure to implement one of the following installation options will result in data loss when trying to access the hard disk beyond 137 Gigabytes.

Installation Option 1. Upgrade the operating system to either Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3 (or newer) or Windows XP with Service Pack 1 (or newer) and download the Maxtor Big Drive Enabler software patch. The Maxtor Big Drive Enabler, once executed, will update the Windows registry for large drive support.

Installation Option 2. Download and install the Intel Application accelerator. The Intel Application Accelerator provides 48-Bit LBA compliant ATA/ATAPI controller drivers (IntelATA.mpd) and replaces the Windows 98/Me, 2000 and XP ATA controller drivers (ESDI_506.PDR). Intel is the only chipset manufacturer that we are aware of that offers a compatible controller driver for Windows .

The Intel Application Accelerator only supports the following chipsets: 810, 810E, 810E2, 810L, 815, 815EP, 815G, 815EG, 815P, 820, 820E, 840, 845, 845E, 845G, 845GE, 845GL, 845GV, 845PE, 850, 850E, 860. The Intel Application Accelerator can be obtained at http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/iaa/. If you have an unsupported chipset or do not want to upgrade the operating system then try the next solution.

Installation Option 3: Attach the large hard drive to an add-in Ultra ATA PCI adapter card with a 48-Bit LBA compliant BIOS and controller driver. The adapter card bypasses the system BIOS and operating system?s controller driver and uses its own BIOS and controller driver.

Using an IDE ATA/ATAPI controller that has a 48-Bit LBA compatible controller driver will allow safe use of large drives beyond the previous limits of 137 GB capacity. Additional controllers that do not have 48-Bit compliant drivers cannot safely access drives larger than 137 GB. A compatible card such as the Maxtor Ultra ATA/133 PCI for Windows and Sonnet Tempo ATA/133 PCI Card for MACs can be purchased at http://www.maxstore.com (U.S. only) or at a local retailer.

**For detailed step-by-step instructions please click here.
 
Originally posted by: mobobuff
Is it Western Digital?

Nevermind, even if it is Western Digital you should still be seeing 156.25 Gigs.

Update your BIOS?
Click to expand...

I see 149 using ntfs, what kind of format are you using?

160,031,014,912 bytes = 149 GB
 
Im not limited to 137 but 127.

Only thing not installed on my machine is SP2.

Bios not updated( it was ok before that from what i can remeber)

Just a question tho.With the new windows update, is SP1 IN SP2?Cause i got no option from microsft site to install SP1.

 
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