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[scooter555]

I just bought a seagate barracuda 320GB sata h/Drive and when I set it up under XP it tells me I only have 130 GB, yet when I set it up under Vista it correctly tells me I have 320GB. What am I missing?

 

[sandmanwn]

what version of XP?

youll need Service Pack 1 or above to see large drives like that.

 

[mitch074]

That, or a registry patch - enabling extended LBA.

 

[Codesmith]

Update to sp2, use Acronis Disc Director or other utility to Repartition.

Better yet reinstall from a CD updated to SP2, its easy to do and using nlite you can add drivers and create an unattended install CD in the process.

I just don't think pre SP1 is safe to run.

 

[hollett]

This is a limitation of windows 98 and the FAT32 file system.

There is more info here http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q184006&

 

[sturm]

Hollett, he's using xp not 98.

The problem is he's not using xp sp1 or sp2. This is a known problem with the origional xp install.