Guest Eric Posted August 19, 2007 Posted August 19, 2007 Does anyone have any suggestions on how to set up a SATA HDD in XP? I have successfully installed the SATA HDD, and check the CMOS and the SATA HDD is detected. However, under XP, I don't find any new hardware, could anyone give me any suggestions on how to set up a SATA HDD under XP? Thanks in advance for any suggestions Eric
Guest DL Posted August 19, 2007 Posted August 19, 2007 Re: How to set up a SATA HDD under XP? Disk Management See Help, Partition & Format "Eric" <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9A15C0C9-8662-42B1-9B6E-FC8B6C3004F2@microsoft.com... > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to set up a SATA HDD in XP? > I have successfully installed the SATA HDD, and check the CMOS and the > SATA > HDD is detected. However, under XP, I don't find any new hardware, could > anyone give me any suggestions on how to set up a SATA HDD under XP? > Thanks in advance for any suggestions > Eric
Guest Eric Posted August 19, 2007 Posted August 19, 2007 Re: How to set up a SATA HDD under XP? Thank you for your suggestions I find the tools for disk management, afterinitiating the disk, the size of disk is detected to be 128 GB, but this HD is 250 GB. At this moment, I don't perform partition and format yet. Do you have any suggestions what cause this problem? Thank you for any suggestions Eric "DL" wrote: > Disk Management > See Help, Partition & Format > > "Eric" <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:9A15C0C9-8662-42B1-9B6E-FC8B6C3004F2@microsoft.com... > > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to set up a SATA HDD in XP? > > I have successfully installed the SATA HDD, and check the CMOS and the > > SATA > > HDD is detected. However, under XP, I don't find any new hardware, could > > anyone give me any suggestions on how to set up a SATA HDD under XP? > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions > > Eric > > >
Guest jorgen Posted August 19, 2007 Posted August 19, 2007 Re: How to set up a SATA HDD under XP? Eric wrote: > Thank you for your suggestions > I find the tools for disk management, afterinitiating the disk, the size of > disk is detected to be 128 GB, but this HD is 250 GB. > At this moment, I don't perform partition and format yet. > Do you have any suggestions what cause this problem? > Thank you for any suggestions > Eric You might be missing a service pack. One of the things in SP1 was support for hard drives larger than 128 GB
Guest DL Posted August 19, 2007 Posted August 19, 2007 Re: How to set up a SATA HDD under XP? As jorgen states; you appear to be missing a service pack http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303013&Product=winxp "Eric" <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1DDC2523-5452-4625-8DFC-5F9B5D5CB17E@microsoft.com... > Thank you for your suggestions > I find the tools for disk management, afterinitiating the disk, the size > of > disk is detected to be 128 GB, but this HD is 250 GB. > At this moment, I don't perform partition and format yet. > Do you have any suggestions what cause this problem? > Thank you for any suggestions > Eric > > "DL" wrote: > >> Disk Management >> See Help, Partition & Format >> >> "Eric" <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:9A15C0C9-8662-42B1-9B6E-FC8B6C3004F2@microsoft.com... >> > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to set up a SATA HDD in XP? >> > I have successfully installed the SATA HDD, and check the CMOS and the >> > SATA >> > HDD is detected. However, under XP, I don't find any new hardware, >> > could >> > anyone give me any suggestions on how to set up a SATA HDD under XP? >> > Thanks in advance for any suggestions >> > Eric >> >> >>
Guest Eric Posted August 19, 2007 Posted August 19, 2007 Re: How to set up a SATA HDD under XP? Thank everyone for suggestions I have installed SP2, and SATA HDD is 238GB available space. My computer seems to run slower with SP2 updated, is it normal? For formating the HD, there is no choice for the type of format. My current HD is FAT format. do I have to format SATA HD into NTSF? there is not much choice for HD format. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thank everyone for any suggestions Eric
Guest HeyBub Posted August 19, 2007 Posted August 19, 2007 Re: How to set up a SATA HDD under XP? Eric wrote: > Thank everyone for suggestions > I have installed SP2, and SATA HDD is 238GB available space. > My computer seems to run slower with SP2 updated, is it normal? > For formating the HD, there is no choice for the type of format. My > current HD is FAT format. do I have to format SATA HD into NTSF? > there is not much choice for HD format. > Does anyone have any suggestions? > Thank everyone for any suggestions Windows 2000 and above will not create a FAT32 drive larger than 32G. They can USE a drive formatted by some magical, external process, but won't CREATE one. NTFS has several advantages over FAT32: security, speed, and, very importantly, self-healing capability. Try here, and follow the links, for a FAT32 formatter: http://www.freebyte.com/filediskutils/#diskmanagement
Guest DL Posted August 19, 2007 Posted August 19, 2007 Re: How to set up a SATA HDD under XP? You might check with your hw manufacturers for udated drivers, specifically chipset "Eric" <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5745AF28-140C-4925-BED9-AE0729104FD1@microsoft.com... > Thank everyone for suggestions > I have installed SP2, and SATA HDD is 238GB available space. > My computer seems to run slower with SP2 updated, is it normal? > For formating the HD, there is no choice for the type of format. My > current > HD is FAT format. do I have to format SATA HD into NTSF? there is not much > choice for HD format. > Does anyone have any suggestions? > Thank everyone for any suggestions > Eric
Guest Eric Posted August 20, 2007 Posted August 20, 2007 Re: How to set up a SATA HDD under XP? Thank everyone for suggestions When I select NTFS format, there is a option to compress file and folder. Does anyone have any suggestions on what it does? If the folder and files compressed, will it cause slower in performance for retrieving data? Thanks for any suggestions Eric "HeyBub" wrote: > Eric wrote: > > Thank everyone for suggestions > > I have installed SP2, and SATA HDD is 238GB available space. > > My computer seems to run slower with SP2 updated, is it normal? > > For formating the HD, there is no choice for the type of format. My > > current HD is FAT format. do I have to format SATA HD into NTSF? > > there is not much choice for HD format. > > Does anyone have any suggestions? > > Thank everyone for any suggestions > > Windows 2000 and above will not create a FAT32 drive larger than 32G. They > can USE a drive formatted by some magical, external process, but won't > CREATE one. > > NTFS has several advantages over FAT32: security, speed, and, very > importantly, self-healing capability. > > Try here, and follow the links, for a FAT32 formatter: > http://www.freebyte.com/filediskutils/#diskmanagement > > >
Guest Vic Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 Re: How to set up a SATA HDD under XP? Eric, you asked if it is normal for XP to run slower after SP2 is installed. From my experience and everything I've heard, the answer is *YES* ___ "Eric" <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5745AF28-140C-4925-BED9-AE0729104FD1@microsoft.com... > Thank everyone for suggestions > I have installed SP2, and SATA HDD is 238GB available space. > My computer seems to run slower with SP2 updated, is it normal? > For formating the HD, there is no choice for the type of format. My > current > HD is FAT format. do I have to format SATA HD into NTSF? there is not > much > choice for HD format. > Does anyone have any suggestions? > Thank everyone for any suggestions > Eric
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