alrighty, here we go! installing XP on new formatted 500gb sata II

[Guest Kahasm]

re-installing XP on a new sataII hard drive

after i boot, press any key to boot from CD ROM; get thru the windows is

testing my system screens and after i press F8 to accept, I am at the install

windows where screen.

 

My formatted 500gb drive is showing as only 130gbs and I am being told it

might be corrupted. Its not corrupted. it was new. I just formatted it in

other pc. other pc recognises it. formatted to 465.75 gbs; allows file

transfers, etc...

 

i remove it and place it in new pc build. get back to install windows where

screen.

130gbs only on main partition, no other partitions showing, no unallocated

space showing.

 

xp install disc is SP1, but should not have any issues recognising another

NTFS pre-formatted HD ( u would think).

 

Fine, I delete the partition and redo it at this screen, Only allows me to

format 130 gbs out of the 465.75 i just had. I power down, put sata2 back

into older pc, boot up. reformat it to 465.75 gbs. and i am now frustrated

and very confused...

 

any ideas?

[Guest bw]

Re: alrighty, here we go! installing XP on new formatted 500gb sata II

 

 

"Kahasm" <Kahasm@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:107EA40F-A74F-444F-88F4-218C3C7D7DE4@microsoft.com...

> Fine, I delete the partition and redo it at this screen, Only allows me to

> format 130 gbs out of the 465.75 i just had. I power down, put sata2 back

> into older pc, boot up. reformat it to 465.75 gbs. and i am now frustrated

> and very confused...

>

> any ideas?

 

Dude had a similar problem somewhere on the boards, I believe with a WD

external, he said he updated the disk controller per WD tech. Check with

the manufacturer.

[Guest RajKohli]

RE: alrighty, here we go! installing XP on new formatted 500gb sata II

 

Is your Motherboard is latest as well? Can it support 500GB hard drive? How

much size it shows in BIOS Setup? Have you checked the BIOS settings?

 

The other PC you are talking about has already Windows XP installed and

whatever you plug in Windows will automatically recognize it or may ask you

for drivers. So there will no issue with another PC which has already Windows

XP. But you are trying to install Windows XP and it is different thing.

 

Try loading BIOS settings to Default level. Save the settings and restart

your PC and then run the setup.

 

Another thought is, some disc require additional drivers at the time of

installation by pressing F6. Just watch the space at the time of installation.

 

Let us know!

 

 

 

"Kahasm" wrote:

> re-installing XP on a new sataII hard drive

> after i boot, press any key to boot from CD ROM; get thru the windows is

> testing my system screens and after i press F8 to accept, I am at the install

> windows where screen.

>

> My formatted 500gb drive is showing as only 130gbs and I am being told it

> might be corrupted. Its not corrupted. it was new. I just formatted it in

> other pc. other pc recognises it. formatted to 465.75 gbs; allows file

> transfers, etc...

>

> i remove it and place it in new pc build. get back to install windows where

> screen.

> 130gbs only on main partition, no other partitions showing, no unallocated

> space showing.

>

> xp install disc is SP1, but should not have any issues recognising another

> NTFS pre-formatted HD ( u would think).

>

> Fine, I delete the partition and redo it at this screen, Only allows me to

> format 130 gbs out of the 465.75 i just had. I power down, put sata2 back

> into older pc, boot up. reformat it to 465.75 gbs. and i am now frustrated

> and very confused...

>

> any ideas?

[Guest HeyBub]

Re: alrighty, here we go! installing XP on new formatted 500gb sata II

 

Kahasm wrote:

> re-installing XP on a new sataII hard drive

> after i boot, press any key to boot from CD ROM; get thru the windows

> is testing my system screens and after i press F8 to accept, I am at

> the install windows where screen.

>

> My formatted 500gb drive is showing as only 130gbs and I am being

> told it might be corrupted. Its not corrupted. it was new. I just

> formatted it in other pc. other pc recognises it. formatted to 465.75

> gbs; allows file transfers, etc...

 

Yep. The original XP would only recognize a 132GB hard drive.

 

You'll have to slip-stream (at least) SP1 with your original XP

distribution. Or load some drivers. I forget which.

[Guest Michael]

Re: alrighty, here we go! installing XP on new formatted 500gb sataII

 

Re: alrighty, here we go! installing XP on new formatted 500gb sataII

 

HeyBub wrote:

> Kahasm wrote:

>> re-installing XP on a new sataII hard drive

>> after i boot, press any key to boot from CD ROM; get thru the windows

>> is testing my system screens and after i press F8 to accept, I am at

>> the install windows where screen.

>>

>> My formatted 500gb drive is showing as only 130gbs and I am being

>> told it might be corrupted. Its not corrupted. it was new. I just

>> formatted it in other pc. other pc recognises it. formatted to 465.75

>> gbs; allows file transfers, etc...

>

> Yep. The original XP would only recognize a 132GB hard drive.

>

> You'll have to slip-stream (at least) SP1 with your original XP

> distribution. Or load some drivers. I forget which.

>

>

From Windows 2000 SP3 and Windows XP SP1 onwards, the atapi driver

supports more than 128 GiB IDE HDDs but the support isn't turned on by

default (sure in 2000 SP4 but unsure in XP SP1 because I always use an

SP2/3 disc to install). You may check that if your motherboard emulates

the SATA drive as an SCSI drive or an IDE drive. You may put the new HDD

into another computer running Windows NT/2000/XP, partition and format

it, run:

X:\I386\WINNT32.exe /tempdrive:N /syspart /noreboot

where X is the CD-ROM and N is the 1st partition on the new HDD.

Run:

regedt32

select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and then "Load Hive" on the menu, type:

N:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\setupreg.hiv

and press OK.

Type something and press OK.

Goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\something\controlset001\services\atapi\parameter

Create a new DWORD value called EnableBigLba and set it to 1.

Finally, shutdown the computer, put the HDD back to the original one,

and run setup from the HDD. You should see 465.75 GiB HDD now.

[Guest John John (MVP)]

Re: alrighty, here we go! installing XP on new formatted 500gb sataII

 

Re: alrighty, here we go! installing XP on new formatted 500gb sataII

 

Michael wrote:

> HeyBub wrote:

>

>> Kahasm wrote:

>>

>>> re-installing XP on a new sataII hard drive

>>> after i boot, press any key to boot from CD ROM; get thru the windows

>>> is testing my system screens and after i press F8 to accept, I am at

>>> the install windows where screen.

>>>

>>> My formatted 500gb drive is showing as only 130gbs and I am being

>>> told it might be corrupted. Its not corrupted. it was new. I just

>>> formatted it in other pc. other pc recognises it. formatted to 465.75

>>> gbs; allows file transfers, etc...

>>

>>

>> Yep. The original XP would only recognize a 132GB hard drive.

>>

>> You'll have to slip-stream (at least) SP1 with your original XP

>> distribution. Or load some drivers. I forget which.

>>

> From Windows 2000 SP3 and Windows XP SP1 onwards, the atapi driver

> supports more than 128 GiB IDE HDDs but the support isn't turned on by

> default (sure in 2000 SP4 but unsure in XP SP1 because I always use an

> SP2/3 disc to install). You may check that if your motherboard emulates

> the SATA drive as an SCSI drive or an IDE drive. You may put the new HDD

> into another computer running Windows NT/2000/XP, partition and format

> it, run:

> X:\I386\WINNT32.exe /tempdrive:N /syspart /noreboot

> where X is the CD-ROM and N is the 1st partition on the new HDD.

> Run:

> regedt32

> select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and then "Load Hive" on the menu, type:

> N:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\setupreg.hiv

> and press OK.

> Type something and press OK.

> Goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\something\controlset001\services\atapi\parameter

> Create a new DWORD value called EnableBigLba and set it to 1.

> Finally, shutdown the computer, put the HDD back to the original one,

> and run setup from the HDD. You should see 465.75 GiB HDD now.

 

None of that is required and Windows XP SP1 ignores or disregards the

EnableBigLba registry value. The OP is not using sysprep to deploy

Windows XP, he should simply slipstream SP1 to his Windows CD.

 

John

[Guest John John (MVP)]

Re: alrighty, here we go! installing XP on new formatted 500gb sataII

 

Re: alrighty, here we go! installing XP on new formatted 500gb sataII

 

John John (MVP) wrote:

>> From Windows 2000 SP3 and Windows XP SP1 onwards, the atapi driver

>> supports more than 128 GiB IDE HDDs but the support isn't turned on by

>> default (sure in 2000 SP4 but unsure in XP SP1 because I always use an

>> SP2/3 disc to install). You may check that if your motherboard

>> emulates the SATA drive as an SCSI drive or an IDE drive. You may put

>> the new HDD into another computer running Windows NT/2000/XP,

>> partition and format it, run:

>> X:\I386\WINNT32.exe /tempdrive:N /syspart /noreboot

>> where X is the CD-ROM and N is the 1st partition on the new HDD.

>> Run:

>> regedt32

>> select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and then "Load Hive" on the menu, type:

>> N:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\setupreg.hiv

>> and press OK.

>> Type something and press OK.

>> Goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\something\controlset001\services\atapi\parameter

>> Create a new DWORD value called EnableBigLba and set it to 1.

>> Finally, shutdown the computer, put the HDD back to the original one,

>> and run setup from the HDD. You should see 465.75 GiB HDD now.

>

>

> None of that is required and Windows XP SP1 ignores or disregards the

> EnableBigLba registry value. The OP is not using sysprep to deploy

> Windows XP, he should simply slipstream SP1 to his Windows CD.

 

Sorry, I misread your post, I incorrectly misread /sysprep instead of

/syspart, disregard my post.

 

John