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Joyrider564   03-17-2006 at 03:06:26 AM

Hey, I recently built a computer and put in a western digital 250 GB hard drive, onto a biostar motherboard, and windows wil only recognize 130 GB of it. The hard drive is SATA, and i dont know if i need a driver for the hard drive or what. Please help! thank you!

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dmroeder   03-17-2006 at 03:49:51 AM
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If you are using XP, I believe you need at least SP1 installed.

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Zoron   03-17-2006 at 04:45:42 PM
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Aye, you need at least SP1, as there was a 137GB limit without it.

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