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Name: jimharvey2k Date: November 2, 2005 at 09:43:42 Pacific OS: xp pro CPU/Ram: 64 3500 1gb ddr 400
Comment:
i just got a new pc and i installed windows xp pro as usual having done it a million times and the hard disk only registers as being 127gb instead of 300, did i miss installing some sata drivers or something. what can i do to rectify this problem
Name: plainandsimple Date: November 2, 2005 at 10:26:59 Pacific
Reply:
http://www.48bitlba.com/
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Response Number 2
Name: Windoze Date: November 2, 2005 at 14:46:05 Pacific
Reply:
There's a specific instruction with most SATA hard drives to specify the volume or other in the BIOS. I think the above website deals with that. You need to switch that setting in the BIOS otherwise the default maximum of 127GB will apply. The setting overrides this so that the size of the HD is more accurate.
Wish I could remember what the name of the setting is, but I don't have my BIOS settings to hand..
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Response Number 3
Name: osaru Date: November 3, 2005 at 01:01:39 Pacific
Reply:
Control panel -> administrative tool -> computer management -> disk management -> change drive letter and paths...
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