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Old 12-28-2003, 09:55 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Installing a 160gb HD

I just got one of these and it's a pain installing it.

me and numist were trying to the other night, but nothing worked yet.

I wanna do a clean install of xp pro on the new hd and use my current one as a secondary hd.

windows xp cd will NOT recognize a hd greater than 137gb. i get a new verison of fdisk and it recognizes the whole thing.

so, i partition everything up and then pop in the winxp cd to boot into and it doesnt wanna boot into it after i partitioned my hd. if i remove the partitions, it will boot into cd. i have no clue why this is doing this.

is there any boot into programs that will recognize the whole 152gbs and will let me partition the thing?

btw, i have an ultra ata card that is supposed to help out with this, but i dont wanna add an extra card unless i have to.

i was just going to go with the 137 gb, but i'm having memory problems now and i thought i'd wait till i get new memory.

so, any comments/suggestions welcome on this.
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Old 12-28-2003, 10:05 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Probably best to install the card, there are programs you can install if you dont want too,

http://www.48bitlba.com/tools.htm
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Old 12-28-2003, 10:36 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I'm pretty sure that Service Pack 1 for Windows XP fixed the 137 GB problem. If you have SP1 installed and it still doesn't work, I'd go for the card.

*EDIT* I just realized that I think you're trying to put Windows XP on it right now. I'd install XP on the 160 GB even if it's detecting it wrong, and then install Service Pack 1. That should make it detect it correctly.

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Old 12-29-2003, 01:50 AM   #4 (permalink)
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You could also try to install the manufacturers software workaround for disks like these.
I believe IBM, Maxtor and Western Digital have these utilities.
NOTE: They do not require an OS to be installed beforehand.
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Old 12-29-2003, 03:33 PM   #5 (permalink)
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You could also try to install the manufacturers software workaround for disks like these.
I believe IBM, Maxtor and Western Digital have these utilities.
NOTE: They do not require an OS to be installed beforehand.
Yeah, do this. Or use the controller card, install Windows, and download and install all your service packs. Then, just shut down and take out the controller card.
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Old 12-29-2003, 04:31 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I'm pretty sure that Service Pack 1 for Windows XP fixed the 137 GB problem. If you have SP1 installed and it still doesn't work, I'd go for the card.

*EDIT* I just realized that I think you're trying to put Windows XP on it right now. I'd install XP on the 160 GB even if it's detecting it wrong, and then install Service Pack 1. That should make it detect it correctly.

-Lasereth
Yes, SP1 fixed it. There may also be a standalone patch somewhere, but SP1 is the easiest way to fix it anyways.
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Old 12-29-2003, 05:18 PM   #7 (permalink)
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ok, i installed winxp on a 120gb partition and i have applied the service pack. the rest is for linux, but i dont have a copy to install yet. hopefully the rest of the space is still there.
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Old 12-29-2003, 06:31 PM   #8 (permalink)
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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Atapi\Parameters.

check EnableBigLba, a REG_DWORD data type, and set the data value to 1, if its 0 or not there.
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