large hard drive issue

[Bruce]

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Hello!
I just installed a new MB (SOYO-K8USA) with a 3400 64 bit processor. I now
have a new Maxtor 200 Gig hard drive (hey...it was on sale).

The issue I have now is WinXP pro only recognizes 127 Gigs of it. I checked
my bios and according to the bios, it says 203 GB on that drive. I checked
the LBA mode and it's set to Auto.

Can anyone give me an idea of what to look for? I don't need the full 200
Gigs, but if I paid for that, I want it to be working right.

Thanks in advance!
Bruce

 

[Jerry]

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You need XP SP1 installed and 48-bit LBA turned on to see the whole drive.

"Bruce" <bderouen@excite.com> wrote in message
news:Wu6Cc.20089$wS2.998@okepread03...
> Hello!
> I just installed a new MB (SOYO-K8USA) with a 3400 64 bit processor. I
now
> have a new Maxtor 200 Gig hard drive (hey...it was on sale).
>
> The issue I have now is WinXP pro only recognizes 127 Gigs of it. I
checked
> my bios and according to the bios, it says 203 GB on that drive. I
checked
> the LBA mode and it's set to Auto.
>
> Can anyone give me an idea of what to look for? I don't need the full 200
> Gigs, but if I paid for that, I want it to be working right.
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Bruce
>
>

 

[Bruce]

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I have both of that. All my updates are installed and I checked that LBA is
on in the bios. It's set to auto on that hard drive. I'm assuming that's
what you mean, right? or is it something under windows?

Thanks
Bruce
"Jerry" <NoSpamChiefZeke@MSN.com> wrote in message
news:OS7qbnNWEHA.1356@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> You need XP SP1 installed and 48-bit LBA turned on to see the whole drive.
>
> "Bruce" <bderouen@excite.com> wrote in message
> news:Wu6Cc.20089$wS2.998@okepread03...
>> Hello!
>> I just installed a new MB (SOYO-K8USA) with a 3400 64 bit processor. I
> now
>> have a new Maxtor 200 Gig hard drive (hey...it was on sale).
>>
>> The issue I have now is WinXP pro only recognizes 127 Gigs of it. I
> checked
>> my bios and according to the bios, it says 203 GB on that drive. I
> checked
>> the LBA mode and it's set to Auto.
>>
>> Can anyone give me an idea of what to look for? I don't need the full
>> 200
>> Gigs, but if I paid for that, I want it to be working right.
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>> Bruce
>>
>>
>
>

 

[Guest]

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It's a windows setting. Look at that article :
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303013

MP

"Bruce" <bderouen@excite.com> wrote in message
news:mXdCc.20119$wS2.12798@okepread03...
> I have both of that. All my updates are installed and I checked that
LBA is
> on in the bios. It's set to auto on that hard drive. I'm assuming
that's
> what you mean, right? or is it something under windows?
>
> Thanks
> Bruce
> "Jerry" <NoSpamChiefZeke@MSN.com> wrote in message
> news:OS7qbnNWEHA.1356@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > You need XP SP1 installed and 48-bit LBA turned on to see the whole
drive.
> >
> > "Bruce" <bderouen@excite.com> wrote in message
> > news:Wu6Cc.20089$wS2.998@okepread03...

 

[Bruce]

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That's the same thing. It just enables 48 bit LBA support if you don't
already have SP-1 installed. I not only have SP-1 installed but I have SP-2
installed.

That's what's so puzzling about this. Thanks for the try though.

Bruce
"masterprometheus" <masterprometheus666@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> It's a windows setting. Look at that article :
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303013
>
> MP
>
> "Bruce" <bderouen@excite.com> wrote in message
> news:mXdCc.20119$wS2.12798@okepread03...
>> I have both of that. All my updates are installed and I checked that
> LBA is
>> on in the bios. It's set to auto on that hard drive. I'm assuming
> that's
>> what you mean, right? or is it something under windows?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Bruce
>> "Jerry" <NoSpamChiefZeke@MSN.com> wrote in message
>> news:OS7qbnNWEHA.1356@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> > You need XP SP1 installed and 48-bit LBA turned on to see the whole
> drive.
>> >
>> > "Bruce" <bderouen@excite.com> wrote in message
>> > news:Wu6Cc.20089$wS2.998@okepread03...
>
>

 

[Guest]

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"Bruce" <bderouen@excite.com> wrote in message
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> That's the same thing.

Same with what ? Has nothing to do with LBA setting in the BIOS if you
mean this.

> It just enables 48 bit LBA support if you don't
> already have SP-1 installed. I not only have SP-1 installed but I
have SP-2
> installed.

That's ok. But did you check if the value exist in the registry ? Won't
take much time.

> That's what's so puzzling about this. Thanks for the try though.

No problem. BTW, how did you partition and format the drive ? Did you
look at disk management to see if it can recognize the whole size of the
drive ?

Good luck again
MP

> Bruce
> "masterprometheus" <masterprometheus666@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eLfogjWWEHA.1048@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > It's a windows setting. Look at that article :
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303013
> >
> > MP
> >
> > "Bruce" <bderouen@excite.com> wrote in message
> > news:mXdCc.20119$wS2.12798@okepread03...
> >> I have both of that. All my updates are installed and I checked
that
> > LBA is
> >> on in the bios. It's set to auto on that hard drive. I'm assuming
> > that's
> >> what you mean, right? or is it something under windows?

 

[Bruce]

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Now that's a good point MP. The Disk managment Utility shows the entire
drive, but right about 62 Gigs unallocated. Maybe I can use something like
Partition Magic (I think that's what we have) to format and allocate it.
I'll see what I have and try that.

Thanks for pointing that out!! That may have saved me a lot of work!

By the way, I said "that's the same thing"...I meant the same thing as what
Jerry pointed out...and that I had SP-1 installed. According to that link
in the MS Knowledge base, it says to be able to recognize the large drives,
LBA has to be enabled. As I understood it, either SP-1 or later has to be
installed or you do the registry fix to enable it. Since I have those
installed, it should have worked, as I understand it. Of course, I could
be wrong! <grin>

Thanks again!
Bruce
"masterprometheus" <masterprometheus666@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23gDuUsfWEHA.3284@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>
> "Bruce" <bderouen@excite.com> wrote in message
> news:wApCc.20422$wS2.5123@okepread03...
>> That's the same thing.
>
> Same with what ? Has nothing to do with LBA setting in the BIOS if you
> mean this.
>
>> It just enables 48 bit LBA support if you don't
>> already have SP-1 installed. I not only have SP-1 installed but I
> have SP-2
>> installed.
>
> That's ok. But did you check if the value exist in the registry ? Won't
> take much time.
>
>> That's what's so puzzling about this. Thanks for the try though.
>
> No problem. BTW, how did you partition and format the drive ? Did you
> look at disk management to see if it can recognize the whole size of the
> drive ?
>
> Good luck again
> MP
>
>> Bruce
>> "masterprometheus" <masterprometheus666@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:eLfogjWWEHA.1048@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> > It's a windows setting. Look at that article :
>> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303013
>> >
>> > MP
>> >
>> > "Bruce" <bderouen@excite.com> wrote in message
>> > news:mXdCc.20119$wS2.12798@okepread03...
>> >> I have both of that. All my updates are installed and I checked
> that
>> > LBA is
>> >> on in the bios. It's set to auto on that hard drive. I'm assuming
>> > that's
>> >> what you mean, right? or is it something under windows?
>
>

 

[Bruce]

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FYI...I just decided to format it through Disk Management. I may merge the
partitions later or just keep it that way.

Thanks again for the help!

--
Bruce
"Bruce" <bderouen@excite.com> wrote in message
news:MpECc.20667$wS2.3175@okepread03...
> Now that's a good point MP. The Disk managment Utility shows the entire
> drive, but right about 62 Gigs unallocated. Maybe I can use something
> like Partition Magic (I think that's what we have) to format and allocate
> it. I'll see what I have and try that.
>
> Thanks for pointing that out!! That may have saved me a lot of work!
>
> By the way, I said "that's the same thing"...I meant the same thing as
> what Jerry pointed out...and that I had SP-1 installed. According to that
> link in the MS Knowledge base, it says to be able to recognize the large
> drives, LBA has to be enabled. As I understood it, either SP-1 or later
> has to be installed or you do the registry fix to enable it. Since I have
> those installed, it should have worked, as I understand it. Of course,
> I could be wrong! <grin>
>
> Thanks again!
> Bruce
> "masterprometheus" <masterprometheus666@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23gDuUsfWEHA.3284@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "Bruce" <bderouen@excite.com> wrote in message
>> news:wApCc.20422$wS2.5123@okepread03...
>>> That's the same thing.
>>
>> Same with what ? Has nothing to do with LBA setting in the BIOS if you
>> mean this.
>>
>>> It just enables 48 bit LBA support if you don't
>>> already have SP-1 installed. I not only have SP-1 installed but I
>> have SP-2
>>> installed.
>>
>> That's ok. But did you check if the value exist in the registry ? Won't
>> take much time.
>>
>>> That's what's so puzzling about this. Thanks for the try though.
>>
>> No problem. BTW, how did you partition and format the drive ? Did you
>> look at disk management to see if it can recognize the whole size of the
>> drive ?
>>
>> Good luck again
>> MP
>>
>>> Bruce
>>> "masterprometheus" <masterprometheus666@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:eLfogjWWEHA.1048@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>> > It's a windows setting. Look at that article :
>>> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303013
>>> >
>>> > MP
>>> >
>>> > "Bruce" <bderouen@excite.com> wrote in message
>>> > news:mXdCc.20119$wS2.12798@okepread03...
>>> >> I have both of that. All my updates are installed and I checked
>> that
>>> > LBA is
>>> >> on in the bios. It's set to auto on that hard drive. I'm assuming
>>> > that's
>>> >> what you mean, right? or is it something under windows?
>>
>>
>
>

 

[Guest]

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"Bruce" <bderouen@excite.com> wrote in message
news:MpECc.20667$wS2.3175@okepread03...
> Now that's a good point MP. The Disk managment Utility shows the
entire
> drive, but right about 62 Gigs unallocated. Maybe I can use something
like
> Partition Magic (I think that's what we have) to format and allocate
it.
> I'll see what I have and try that.

Partition Magic 8.x works fine with XP.

> Thanks for pointing that out!! That may have saved me a lot of work!


What did you use to partition-format the disk in the first place ?
Manufacturer's tools or MS fdisk/format ? Or maybe the XP CD ?

> By the way, I said "that's the same thing"...I meant the same thing as
what
> Jerry pointed out...and that I had SP-1 installed. According to that
link
> in the MS Knowledge base, it says to be able to recognize the large
drives,
> LBA has to be enabled. As I understood it, either SP-1 or later has
to be
> installed or you do the registry fix to enable it. Since I have those
> installed, it should have worked, as I understand it. Of course, I
could
> be wrong! <grin>

Yes, you are right about this . As the disk management shows the correct
value you don't need any registry editing.

> Thanks again!
> Bruce

No problem and thanks for the feedback.
MP



> "masterprometheus" <masterprometheus666@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23gDuUsfWEHA.3284@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >
> > "Bruce" <bderouen@excite.com> wrote in message
> > news:wApCc.20422$wS2.5123@okepread03...
> >> That's the same thing.
> >
> > Same with what ? Has nothing to do with LBA setting in the BIOS if
you
> > mean this.
> >
> >> It just enables 48 bit LBA support if you don't
> >> already have SP-1 installed. I not only have SP-1 installed but I
> > have SP-2
> >> installed.
> >
> > That's ok. But did you check if the value exist in the registry ?
Won't
> > take much time.
> >
> >> That's what's so puzzling about this. Thanks for the try though.
> >
> > No problem. BTW, how did you partition and format the drive ? Did
you
> > look at disk management to see if it can recognize the whole size of
the
> > drive ?
> >
> > Good luck again
> > MP
> >

 

[Bruce]

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I used the XP CD to format it. All I can figure is since the original
version of XP didnt support the 48Bit LBA, then the format utility on the CD
didn't see it. But after I installed SP-2, then it saw it, just
unallocated. Now that I've formatted it through the disk management, it's
fine now!
--
Bruce
"masterprometheus" <masterprometheus666@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OXusicjWEHA.1468@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>
> "Bruce" <bderouen@excite.com> wrote in message
> news:MpECc.20667$wS2.3175@okepread03...
>> Now that's a good point MP. The Disk managment Utility shows the
> entire
>> drive, but right about 62 Gigs unallocated. Maybe I can use something
> like
>> Partition Magic (I think that's what we have) to format and allocate
> it.
>> I'll see what I have and try that.
>
> Partition Magic 8.x works fine with XP.
>
>> Thanks for pointing that out!! That may have saved me a lot of work!
>
>
> What did you use to partition-format the disk in the first place ?
> Manufacturer's tools or MS fdisk/format ? Or maybe the XP CD ?
>
>> By the way, I said "that's the same thing"...I meant the same thing as
> what
>> Jerry pointed out...and that I had SP-1 installed. According to that
> link
>> in the MS Knowledge base, it says to be able to recognize the large
> drives,
>> LBA has to be enabled. As I understood it, either SP-1 or later has
> to be
>> installed or you do the registry fix to enable it. Since I have those
>> installed, it should have worked, as I understand it. Of course, I
> could
>> be wrong! <grin>
>
> Yes, you are right about this . As the disk management shows the correct
> value you don't need any registry editing.
>
>> Thanks again!
>> Bruce
>
> No problem and thanks for the feedback.
> MP
>
>
>
>> "masterprometheus" <masterprometheus666@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23gDuUsfWEHA.3284@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> >
>> > "Bruce" <bderouen@excite.com> wrote in message
>> > news:wApCc.20422$wS2.5123@okepread03...
>> >> That's the same thing.
>> >
>> > Same with what ? Has nothing to do with LBA setting in the BIOS if
> you
>> > mean this.
>> >
>> >> It just enables 48 bit LBA support if you don't
>> >> already have SP-1 installed. I not only have SP-1 installed but I
>> > have SP-2
>> >> installed.
>> >
>> > That's ok. But did you check if the value exist in the registry ?
> Won't
>> > take much time.
>> >
>> >> That's what's so puzzling about this. Thanks for the try though.
>> >
>> > No problem. BTW, how did you partition and format the drive ? Did
> you
>> > look at disk management to see if it can recognize the whole size of
> the
>> > drive ?
>> >
>> > Good luck again
>> > MP
>> >
>
>

 

[Guest]

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Hi,

"Bruce" <bderouen@excite.com> wrote in message
news:YtICc.21065$wS2.10065@okepread03...
> I used the XP CD to format it. All I can figure is since the original
> version of XP didnt support the 48Bit LBA, then the format utility on
the CD
> didn't see it.

Yes. That's why i asked it. That article has some sort of workaround to
enable it when installing XP. It requires some efforts but may be useful
in the future.

Regards
MP

>But after I installed SP-2, then it saw it, just
> unallocated. Now that I've formatted it through the disk management,
it's
> fine now!
> --
> Bruce
> "masterprometheus" <masterprometheus666@hotmail.com> wrote in message

> > "Bruce" <bderouen@excite.com> wrote in message
> > news:MpECc.20667$wS2.3175@okepread03...
> >> Now that's a good point MP. The Disk managment Utility shows the
> > entire
> >> drive, but right about 62 Gigs unallocated. Maybe I can use
something
> > like
> >> Partition Magic (I think that's what we have) to format and
allocate
> > it.
> >> I'll see what I have and try that.
> >
> > Partition Magic 8.x works fine with XP.
> >
> >> Thanks for pointing that out!! That may have saved me a lot of
work!
> >
> >
> > What did you use to partition-format the disk in the first place ?
> > Manufacturer's tools or MS fdisk/format ? Or maybe the XP CD ?
> >
> >> By the way, I said "that's the same thing"...I meant the same thing
as
> > what
> >> Jerry pointed out...and that I had SP-1 installed. According to
that
> > link
> >> in the MS Knowledge base, it says to be able to recognize the large
> > drives,
> >> LBA has to be enabled. As I understood it, either SP-1 or later
has
> > to be
> >> installed or you do the registry fix to enable it. Since I have
those
> >> installed, it should have worked, as I understand it. Of course,
I
> > could
> >> be wrong! <grin>
> >
> > Yes, you are right about this . As the disk management shows the
correct
> > value you don't need any registry editing.
> >
> >> Thanks again!
> >> Bruce
> >
> > No problem and thanks for the feedback.
> > MP