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hard drive size not recognized.. ??
Name: dj3642 Date: January 21, 2005 at 10:05:05 Pacific OS: XP pro CPU/Ram: amd 2400+ / 512
Comment:
I have a ?? on a hard drive not being recognized to its full size.. in other words.. I have a friend who has a 250 gig HD and when installing it in their Pc it only recognizes 128 gig.. the Pc itself is only about 6 months old. and was brand new.. so I don’t see it being a bios issue. so what else can cause the limitations on hard drive size. I have never had to deal with this before. as I am only using a 80 gig drive on my PC…. I am trying to get more specifics on the MB but this is a general question.. .. thanks..
Name: dj3642 Date: January 21, 2005 at 10:15:28 Pacific
Reply:
that actually addresses windows 2000 but i read somewhere that XP also has that limit unles you have at least SP 1.. so i am assuming that if they DO have SP1 then it should recognize the full 250 gig?? is that right??
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Response Number 3
Name: RoadRunner Date: January 21, 2005 at 10:22:53 Pacific
Summary: Be careful!! The problem may be that you have hit the old ATA protocol limit. This limits the maximum hard drive size to 137 GB. To get over this limit you need 48 bit LBA mode working to be supported...
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