WindowsXP detecting a 160gb drive as 137gb..why?

[mAdD INDIAN]

I have WinXP and just bought a WD 160gb drive ($90CDN from Best Buy). I have a P3-933 on a Abit BE6-II.

I can't figure out why Windows detects the drive as 137gb instead of 160gb. I tried attaching the drive to the Highpoint controller and the normal IDE controller as well. It made no difference.

Anyone have any tips?
Thanks.

 

[JetBlack69]

I was going to suggest the Intel Application Accelerator but it is incompatible with your chipset, the 440bx. sorry 🙁

 

[miketheidiot]

32bit HD controller?

either that or your not even running service pack1...might be a good idea to update.

 

[Baked]

If you still haven't installed SP1, might as well put SP2 in.

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

Originally posted by: miketheidiot
32bit HD controller?

either that or your not even running service pack1...might be a good idea to update.

I've heard bad things about SP2.

Is there a place for me to get SP1?

 

[JetBlack69]

http://support.intel.com/suppo...s/iaa/sb/CS-009299.htm

 

[helloguy]

u will need to update ur bios to support the large hdd u have there, to help ur bios to see the full capacity, which is roughly about ~149GB.

 

[Baked]

Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN

Originally posted by: miketheidiot
32bit HD controller?

either that or your not even running service pack1...might be a good idea to update.

I've heard bad things about SP2.

Is there a place for me to get SP1?

SP2 will be fine as long as you install it after clean install of WinXP. Most SP2 problems occur because people install it over a junk filled WinXP system that's been running for a while.

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: helloguy
u will need to update ur bios to support the large hdd u have there, to help ur bios to see the full capacity, which is roughly about ~149GB.

My maxtor 160GB is 152GB.

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

Originally posted by: Baked

Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN

Originally posted by: miketheidiot
32bit HD controller?

either that or your not even running service pack1...might be a good idea to update.

I've heard bad things about SP2.

Is there a place for me to get SP1?

SP2 will be fine as long as you install it after clean install of WinXP. Most SP2 problems occur because people install it over a junk filled WinXP system that's been running for a while.

yeah thats the problem.

Doing a clean install of XP is not an option right now.

 

[Painman]

I don't believe either of your disk controllers support 48 bit LBA (the Highpoint might, with a BIOS update)

Either way, I would consider picking up an ATA133 PCI controller card. Depending on what revision your motherboard is, the Highpoint only supports up to ATA66 or 100 speed.

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

Originally posted by: Painman
I don't believe either of your disk controllers support 48 bit LBA (the Highpoint might, with a BIOS update)

Either way, I would consider picking up an ATA133 PCI controller card. Depending on what revision your motherboard is, the Highpoint only supports up to ATA66 or 100 speed.

I updated the HighPoint bios (and mobo bios too).

Im trying to install SP1a right now but during teh installation (Inventory portion) it says the "..\drivers\atapi.sys" file is in use. I clicked retry and it still gives the same message.

As far as I can tell, nothing is using the cd roms right now, and I closed all other processes in the background.

I'm trying to avoid buying the extra controllers needed.

 

[Painman]

Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN

Originally posted by: Painman
I don't believe either of your disk controllers support 48 bit LBA (the Highpoint might, with a BIOS update)

Either way, I would consider picking up an ATA133 PCI controller card. Depending on what revision your motherboard is, the Highpoint only supports up to ATA66 or 100 speed.

I updated the HighPoint bios (and mobo bios too).

Im trying to install SP1a right now but during teh installation (Inventory portion) it says the "..\drivers\atapi.sys" file is in use. I clicked retry and it still gives the same message.

As far as I can tell, nothing is using the cd roms right now, and I closed all other processes in the background.

I'm trying to avoid buying the extra controllers needed.

Re: the atapi.sys glitch, are you using Daemon tools or anything like it?

Linky to MS support document re: atapi.sys troubles during SP installation.

 

[hoppa]

you dont need to buy anything else, other than maybe some partitioning software. once sp1 is installed, you will need to use something like partition magic to find that "missing" space and pull it out. its a pain in the ass. good luck.