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sims   05-12-2006 at 09:14:59 AM

i just bought a new 300gb sata hard drive and when i go into windows it says i only have 127gb!! it is my first sata hard drive and i dont know how they work . if they need drivers or my mobo is just to old. if any one can help me it whould be great.
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_Cosmin_   05-12-2006 at 10:41:21 AM
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There is an "barrier" and you have reach it. Search other posts for answers. You should update your bios to see it past 130 gb.

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Sonic_Reducer   05-12-2006 at 11:02:14 AM
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what's is you o/s ?if it's xp you have to update to Sp2 the go to administative tools on your control panel the go to computer managent the to storage and you will see the rest of your hard drive there, then right click it chose new partition and then format it , and you will se your hard drive with it's full 300gb or 29... and so gb

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ALL_YOUR_BASE   05-12-2006 at 04:29:33 PM
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Some older motherboards won't recognize drives over 130GB. You need a bios update.

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Fox_granit   05-12-2006 at 05:16:49 PM
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this is a windows xp issue, your going to have to repartion the harddrive.

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cmptrdude79   05-12-2006 at 05:52:30 PM
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You may also need to load your chipset-specific SATA drivers in order to see the full capacity of the drive.

-J

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