Just installed a 200 GB Hd in my system and when i go to properties of C: it only recognizes 128 GB. with only windows xp pro installed any idea why that would happen? thanks in advance for your replies.
Q: The operating system only recognizes 128 GB or 137 GB of my large capacity drive.
A: Currently, there are three options to remedy the 137 Gigabyte barrier. Failure to implement one of the following installation options will result in data loss when trying to access the hard disk beyond 137 Gigabytes.
Installation Option 1. Upgrade the operating system to either Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3 (or newer) or Windows XP with Service Pack 1 (or newer) and download the utility such as Maxtor Big Drive Enabler (for Maxtor drive) software patch. The Maxtor Big Drive Enabler, once executed, will update the Windows registry for large drive support.
Installation Option 2. Download and install the Intel Application accelerator. The Intel Application Accelerator provides 48-Bit LBA compliant ATA/ATAPI controller drivers (IntelATA.mpd) and replaces the Windows 98/Me, 2000 and XP ATA controller drivers (ESDI_506.PDR). Intel is the only chipset manufacturer that we are aware of that offers a compatible controller driver for Windows .
The Intel Application Accelerator only supports the following chipsets: 810, 810E, 810E2, 810L, 815, 815EP, 815G, 815EG, 815P, 820, 820E, 840, 845, 845E, 845G, 845GE, 845GL, 845GV, 845PE, 850, 850E, 860. The Intel Application Accelerator can be obtained at http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/iaa/. If you have an unsupported chipset or do not want to upgrade the operating system then try the next solution.
Installation Option 3: Attach the large hard drive to an add-in Ultra ATA PCI adapter card with a 48-Bit LBA compliant BIOS and controller driver. The adapter card bypasses the system BIOS and operating system controller driver and uses its own BIOS and controller driver.
Using an IDE ATA/ATAPI controller that has a 48-Bit LBA compatible controller driver will allow safe use of large drives beyond the previous limits of 137 GB capacity. Additional controllers that do not have 48-Bit compliant drivers cannot safely access drives larger than 137 GB.
any other suggestions are welcome thanks for your replies. sorry for such a newb question but i don't want tot get the wrong bios update. and by the way i am running xp pro with service pack 1
says on the front of the box Model M863G by PC chips and incase you are needing to know i have a Mdt white label 200 gb hd sorry for my ignorance but i am a first time builder.
I had the same problem, but even after installing the fix for Windows it still only showed 128gb. I then had to go get partition magic and then it allowed me to move my space around and get it. So the fix really didnt do to much for me.
