I am installing a copy of windows XP pro
2006-12-21 15:40:28 · 3 answers · asked by Steve Jem 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
It is a new system, but the mobo is a eVGA 680i and I am seeing numerous threads about SATA problems, could this be it?
2006-12-21 15:55:06 · update #1
Windows XP does not support 48-bit LBA support unless you are running Windows XP SP1. If you want to use 48-bit LBA support, you must apply Windows XP SP1 or later. 48-bit LBA is needed for large hard drives.
2006-12-21 16:45:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are several possibilities:
1) You can have multiple partitions. If you go to My Computer, do you have more than one drive letter?
2) To double check to see if you have a 320GB hard drive, you can go into the BIOS at bootup.
3) Go to Start > Run and type in "compmgmt.msc". Go to Storage > Disk Management. Here you can see if you have unallocated hard drive space.
What concerns me is that 130GB is the maximum capacity of some older BIOS. I hope you are not installing a new hard drive into an old system.
Also, what type of partition did you set up? FAT16, FAT32, NTFS. NTFS is the best.
2006-12-21 23:47:59 · answer #2 · answered by techman2000 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because windows is deaf dumb and blind and you should be installing some distribution of linux anyway. ;-) JK
You will have to divide the drive into seperate partitions, or get a disc which has SP1 on it.
For Microsoft's official answer to this problem:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316505/en-us
2006-12-21 23:50:36 · answer #3 · answered by tj 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋