Just installed SP1 - Still doesn't recognize my 200 GB Drive!!!

[IronFar]

Put Sp1 back on there, I go into explorer, nope, still has my drive at 133 gigs or so. Is there something else I need to do to make it recognize this WD drive?

 

[mikecel79]

Yeah. Your drive is already formatted to 133GB so you need to create a new partition to see the rest of the drive. Check the help file if you don't know how to create one.

 

[wicktron]

Perhaps you motherboard IDE controller does not support drives that large.

 

[stevewm]

Your current partition is only 133GB. To use the rest of your HD's space you will ethier need to make your current partition bigger using a tool such as Partition Magic. Or just create a new partition with the remaining space.

 

[Shuttleboy]

I still say that you should make one 40gig partition for programs and make the rest for downloads. That will save you from defragging such a large drive every two weeks or so.

 

[Sunner]

What mobo do you have?

Unless it supports 48bit LBA the drive will be capped at ~135 GB.

 

[spyordie007]

Originally posted by: wixt0r
Perhaps you motherboard IDE controller does not support drives that large.

This is the first thing I would look at, you may have to pick up a PCI IDE controller to put the drive on so it gets supported.

-Spy

 

[Ulfwald]

Originally posted by: spyordie007

Originally posted by: wixt0r
Perhaps you motherboard IDE controller does not support drives that large.

This is the first thing I would look at, you may have to pick up a PCI IDE controller to put the drive on so it gets supported.

-Spy

I would definately get a Promise card to run that drive. Much more efficient IMHO.

 

[DaveR]

Also, you can do a search for how to EnableLargeLBA or something. No matter IF your BIOS and XP-SP1 supports >137GB, XP has this support OFF by default.

I posted this a while ago during the Fry's 160GB drive offer. Maybe you can search. Or, when I get a chance, I will.

 

[DaveR]

OK...


Open your registry and find or create the key below.

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called "EnableBigLba" and set it according to the value data below.

Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.

Note: Please see Microsoft support article Q305098 for important information regarding this setting.

Registry Editor Example
| Name Type Data |
| (Default) REG_SZ (value not set) |
| EnableBigLba REG_DWORD 0x00000001 (1) |
-
| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Atapi\P... |
-

Registry Settings
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Atapi\Parameters]
Value Name: EnableBigLba
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

 

[IronFar]

Woops, sorry, forgot to mention that this is already on the ATA card that came with the drive, so the MB recognizes it no problem. I thought it would just "show up" with the extra space - guess I'll have to reformat it again. Thanks everyone.

 

[DaveR]

...and you must verify the above KEY is in the registry!

Originally posted by: IronFar
Woops, sorry, forgot to mention that this is already on the ATA card that came with the drive, so the MB recognizes it no problem. I thought it would just "show up" with the extra space - guess I'll have to reformat it again. Thanks everyone.