Guest Extremaluz Posted August 22, 2008 Posted August 22, 2008 I've a legal copy of Windows XP with Service Pack 3. I recently bought a 320Gb Maxtor PATA HDD. My BIOS recognizes 320Gb, so Linux and Plan 9 Operating Systems, but for some extrange reason, Windows XP SP3, only 128Gb. I created EnableBigLba Key (It didn`t exist), DWORD, Value 1 in: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\atapi\Parameters Rebooted the machine, but had no effect. When I open Administrative tools->Equipment Management->Disk Management I see always a 128Gb Disk instead the real, 320 Gb. The same with Partition Magic and other partitioning tools. My XP is in Spanish. First I installed XP, then upgraded to SP1, later upgraded to SP2 and finally upgraded to SP3. I upgraded toSP3 because with SP2 I had the same problem eith the HDD, and I thougt taht it would be solved upgrading patches. What can I do to see complete 320Gb HDD? Thanks in advance. Adolfo Ranero Serrano
Guest Mark L. Ferguson Posted August 22, 2008 Posted August 22, 2008 Re: Cannot see partitions more than 128Gb in Windows Professional XP S Your BIOS is not set to use a partition that big. How to enable 48-bit Logical Block Addressing support for ATAPI disk drives in Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/303013/en-us -- Please use the Communities guidelines when posting. http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales/help/help_en-us.htm Use the "Ratings" feature. It helps the new users. Mark L. Ferguson MS-MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Mark.Ferguson "Extremaluz" <Extremaluz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E6D85465-4CBF-43C3-9AF8-7FAD4715C85A@microsoft.com... > I've a legal copy of Windows XP with Service Pack 3. I recently bought a > 320Gb Maxtor PATA HDD. My BIOS recognizes 320Gb, so Linux and Plan 9 > Operating Systems, but for some extrange reason, Windows XP SP3, only > 128Gb. > > I created EnableBigLba Key (It didn`t exist), DWORD, Value 1 in: > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\atapi\Parameters > > Rebooted the machine, but had no effect. > > When I open Administrative tools->Equipment Management->Disk Management I > see always a 128Gb Disk instead the real, 320 Gb. > > The same with Partition Magic and other partitioning tools. > > My XP is in Spanish. First I installed XP, then upgraded to SP1, later > upgraded to SP2 and finally upgraded to SP3. I upgraded toSP3 because with > SP2 I had the same problem eith the HDD, and I thougt taht it would be > solved > upgrading patches. > > What can I do to see complete 320Gb HDD? > > Thanks in advance. > > Adolfo Ranero Serrano >
Guest neil Posted August 22, 2008 Posted August 22, 2008 Re: Cannot see partitions more than 128Gb in Windows Professional XP S Is this a second hard drive in the system or have you installed windows onto the 320Gb hard drive. If you have installed windows onto the drive then you need to use a slipstream disk with either SP2 or (haven't tried this) SP3. If you are installing the original Windows XP then updating with SP2 or SP3 you are still limited to 128Gb. Not sure why Partition Magic doesn't see all the drive, perhaps the restriction is in the bios as suggested by Mark, Unless you are running the tools in windows. Neil "Extremaluz" <Extremaluz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E6D85465-4CBF-43C3-9AF8-7FAD4715C85A@microsoft.com... > I've a legal copy of Windows XP with Service Pack 3. I recently bought a > 320Gb Maxtor PATA HDD. My BIOS recognizes 320Gb, so Linux and Plan 9 > Operating Systems, but for some extrange reason, Windows XP SP3, only > 128Gb. > > I created EnableBigLba Key (It didn`t exist), DWORD, Value 1 in: > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\atapi\Parameters > > Rebooted the machine, but had no effect. > > When I open Administrative tools->Equipment Management->Disk Management I > see always a 128Gb Disk instead the real, 320 Gb. > > The same with Partition Magic and other partitioning tools. > > My XP is in Spanish. First I installed XP, then upgraded to SP1, later > upgraded to SP2 and finally upgraded to SP3. I upgraded toSP3 because with > SP2 I had the same problem eith the HDD, and I thougt taht it would be > solved > upgrading patches. > > What can I do to see complete 320Gb HDD? > > Thanks in advance. > > Adolfo Ranero Serrano >
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