• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

PC amature

L

logan37

Junior Member
hey everyone. i just built my very first PC. luckily everything is working great...except that only 130G of my 200G hdd is recognized by XP. my friend told me that is a default setting in XP, but he didnt know how to change it. then i was directed here by a co-worker. if anyone could help, i'd greatly appreciate it. thanks

edit* i have a 200G maxtor SATA hdd, running winxp pro(sp2).
 
try Control Panel-> Admin Tools->Computer Management-> Disk Management.
my guess is that you need to add a partition and assign a drive letter to the unused space then format
 
REQUIREMENTS FOR SUPPORT OF 48-BIT LBA (EXCEEDING 137GB HDD SIZE LIMIT):
------------------------------------------------------------------------

OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3 or better or Windows XP with Service Pack 1 or better


HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS:

Your hard drive controller must support 48bit LBA (Large Block Addressing) - check the motherboard manufacturer's website for BIOS update and/or motherboard chipset driver update that MAY add this ability.

Alternately, you can install an add-on 48bit LBA capable controller card.


MOTHERBOARD DRIVER AND BIOS UPDATE:

You may need install the latest motherboard BIOS update.

You may need to install the latest motherboard driver. Intel boards in particular may require the latest "Intel Application Accelerator" driver.
 
thanks xrax, i got the space formatted as a second volume. i tried to get it as one 200G volume, but this will work fine. thanks again. and thanks penguin, although i didnt need to update my bios, i appreciate your suggestion.
 
You can use Partition Magic or similar to combine the partitions into one. Also note that the reason this is happening to you is because you are installing windows from a cd without SP1. Slipstream all service packs to a new install cd or you will have this problem every time you install windows.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top