new Seagate 200gb SATA - win2k only detects 130gb.

[Maximus96]

As title said. brand new 200gb seagate SATA HD is only detected as a 130gb by win2k. however the bios sees the full 200gb so it must be a driver or windows. please help. thanks

 

[MDE]

Install SP4 yet?

 

[Maximus96]

no i have not. just finish installing from the disk. i will do sp4 now. is that the problem?

 

[Maximus96]

installed SP4. same thing. under disk management, it shows a 128gb disk.

 

[MDE]

128GB disk or just a 128GB partition?

 

[Maximus96]

disk management shows a 128 gb disk. i made a 30gb partition for c:. there are 90 gb of unpartitioned space.

 

[sharkeeper]

Download the patch to enable 48bit LBA here.

Install this and reboot.

Cheers!

 

[Maximus96]

that worked! well sort of. its now reported at 186 gb. i understand that they usually round up. is this the normal size for a 200gb.

thanks again

 

[KK]

Originally posted by: zaku
that worked! well sort of. its now reported at 186 gb. i understand that they usually round up. is this the normal size for a 200gb.

thanks again

Sounds about right, take 200,000,000 bytes, divide by 1024, then divide by 1024 and it comes out ~190.

KK