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I cannot install a new WD 180GB HDD and have WinXP Pro SP1 recognize its

full capacity.



As noted above I have SP1 installed, I also installed version 5.1.2600.1135

of ATAPI.SYS.



I have updated my motherboard BIOS (Soyo K7V+) and the HDD is recognized as

180GB in the BIOS settings.



I also edited the registry as recommended in another post as shown below:



System Key:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Atapi\Parameters]

Value Name: EnableBigLba

Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)

Value Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)



After all of the above when I try to format the drive in WinXP the format

window only has a 127GB capacity option.



What am I doing wrong?



Thanks in advance.


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"Jack" <none@none.net>wrote in message =

Read here;

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=3Dhttp://support.microsoft=

.com:80/support/kb/articles/q303/0/13.asp&NoWebContent=3D1



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"Ted" <""""""""""">wrote in message



"Jack" <none@none.net>wrote in message

Read here;

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:

80/support/kb/articles/q303/0/13.asp&NoWebContent=1



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Thanks for the reply.



That's exactly the stuff I did, and still only had the option to format at

127GB in WinXP.



I was able to solve my problem by formatting using PartitionMagic and now

have the full 170 some GB of useable space.





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Do you have any suggestions as to why 48 bit LBA support was not installed

when I updated to SP1.





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"Jack" <none@none.net>wrote in message =

.com:

Then did you again reset and *save* changes made the BIOS to properly =

see the amounted drive space after the registry change?



You shouldn't have had to do any such thing as the XP CD should have =

done that properly with the amendments you should have made regarding =

LBA disk support and SP1.





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Have you removed the old partition created when you first attempted to

format the drive?



Recommend that you delete the current partition and repartition using full

size and reformat and see if that solves your problem.



Sounds like you did everything else OK as the MB recognizes the full drive

size, LBA is on etc.





"Jack" <none@none.net>wrote in message



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"Jack" <none@none.net>wrote in message =

It is supported, or you wouldn't have the ability now to use such a =

large drive, would you? MS either dropped the ball when they wrote SP1, =

so that it should make the registry change. But then again, a BIOS is =

not the problem of MS, if settings there are needed for change.

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"Jack" <none@none.net>wrote in message





You probably have a BIOS that limits the size drive it supports.

Check your vendor or motherboard's web site to see if there's a

BIOS upgrade available.



--

Ken Blake

Please reply to the newsgroup





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"Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain.com>wrote in message =

You fuckwit! Did you not read that he had updated his BIOS for the =

specific drive? Oh, I forgot, you plonk so much, that you'll restart the =

questioning all over again, for answers that were already given!

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Ted, tisk tisk. You know that it's rude to imitate people. (Amethyst)

" Ted" <"""""'"""""">wrote in message



"Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain.com>wrote in message

You fuckwit! Did you not read that he had updated his BIOS for the specific

drive? Oh, I forgot, you plonk so much, that you'll restart the questioning

all over again, for answers that were already given!





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"Jack" <none@none.net>wrote in message =

That's about right when Windows reports the HDD size based totally in =

binary (which it has to do). The manufacturer sold you a drive with 180 =

billion bytes of data storage, but they are arranged in a binary =

configuration so that data can be placed properly on the drive. Keep in =

mind a gigabyte can be 1,000,000,000 actual bytes (as a manufacturer =

will state in decimal) or a gigabyte in binary terms which is =

1,073,741,824 bytes. If you divide the latter number by 180,000,000,000, =

you'll come up roughly with 167.5

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Well the theory part is OK... but the math is way out.



Following your calculation the OP will get an answer of 1.073741824.



" Ted" <"""""'"""""">wrote in message



billion bytes of data storage, but they are arranged in a binary

state in decimal) or a gigabyte in binary terms which is>1,073,741,824

bytes. If you divide the latter number by 180,000,000,000, you'll come up

roughly with 167.5









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I wan't questioning the 167GB number. I was questioning the 127GB number.

I understand the difference between the manufacturer's 180GB spec and the PC

reporting 167GB.



Thanks for "jumping in ".



"Pete Baker" <petebkrAThotmailDOTcom>wrote in message



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Apologies for the misunderstanding.



Pete

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"Jack" <none@none.net>wrote in message



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"Pete Baker" <petebkrAThotmailDOTcom>wrote in message =

True, I should have reversed the equation.

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