Ping Ben Again

I assembled everything and all went well until I installed Windows XP.

I have the Maxtor 300 Gig HD and when I installed XP it asked me to type in
the size of C drive, not to exceeb 130 or so Gig.

I typed in 100 Gig and now XP can't see the rest of the drive. It is still
there in the BIOS.

Did I make a 300 Gig drive a 100 Gig?


Mark

I'll guess that you probably installed either the original XP or XP with Service
Pack 1. The latest XP with Service Pack 2 contains slip-streamed updates to
recognize the full capacity of a large drive. The other possibility is that
the motherboard BIOS somehow is limiting the drive capacity to 132GB, but I
doubt it. What does the motherboard BIOS setup say about the drive capacity?

To get the rest of the hard drive capacity, you should be able to do so through
Administrative Tools in Control Panel. Click the Computer Management icon,
then Disk Management. This should show you the drive(s) on the system, and
indicate both the capacity already used, and the remaining capacity available
for use, approx 200GB. IIRC, you can either click or right-click the unused
capacity, set up a partition, and format. Then you would end up with two
partitions, the present 100GB and an added 200GB... Ben Myers

On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:49:24 -0500, "MWB" <bickmar@gmail.com> wrote:

>I assembled everything and all went well until I installed Windows XP.
>
>I have the Maxtor 300 Gig HD and when I installed XP it asked me to type in
>the size of C drive, not to exceeb 130 or so Gig.
>
>I typed in 100 Gig and now XP can't see the rest of the drive. It is still
>there in the BIOS.
>
>Did I make a 300 Gig drive a 100 Gig?
>
>
>Mark
>

"Ben Myers" <ben_myers_spam_me_not@charter.net> wrote in message
news:6u6vk3l4mjpcqu9s7ibtcna9j41sl9hl4l@4ax.com...
> I'll guess that you probably installed either the original XP or XP with
> Service
> Pack 1. The latest XP with Service Pack 2 contains slip-streamed updates
> to
> recognize the full capacity of a large drive. The other possibility is
> that
> the motherboard BIOS somehow is limiting the drive capacity to 132GB, but
> I
> doubt it. What does the motherboard BIOS setup say about the drive
> capacity?
>
> To get the rest of the hard drive capacity, you should be able to do so
> through
> Administrative Tools in Control Panel. Click the Computer Management
> icon,
> then Disk Management. This should show you the drive(s) on the system,
> and
> indicate both the capacity already used, and the remaining capacity
> available
> for use, approx 200GB. IIRC, you can either click or right-click the
> unused
> capacity, set up a partition, and format. Then you would end up with two
> partitions, the present 100GB and an added 200GB... Ben Myers
>
> On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:49:24 -0500, "MWB" <bickmar@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>I assembled everything and all went well until I installed Windows XP.
>>
>>I have the Maxtor 300 Gig HD and when I installed XP it asked me to type
>>in
>>the size of C drive, not to exceeb 130 or so Gig.
>>
>>I typed in 100 Gig and now XP can't see the rest of the drive. It is still
>>there in the BIOS.
>>
>>Did I make a 300 Gig drive a 100 Gig?
>>
>>
>>Mark
>>

Thanks again Ben,

I used XP and I think it's pre service pack 1.


The motherboard BIOS says 320 Gig.

I tried the Disk Management and it shows 97 Gig NFST and 30 Gig unalocated.

I haven't updated XP yet. I'll do that tomorrow and check the Disk Manager.


Thanks,

Mark

"Ben Myers" <ben_myers_spam_me_not@charter.net> wrote in message
news:6u6vk3l4mjpcqu9s7ibtcna9j41sl9hl4l@4ax.com...
> I'll guess that you probably installed either the original XP or XP with
> Service
> Pack 1. The latest XP with Service Pack 2 contains slip-streamed updates
> to
> recognize the full capacity of a large drive. The other possibility is
> that
> the motherboard BIOS somehow is limiting the drive capacity to 132GB, but
> I
> doubt it. What does the motherboard BIOS setup say about the drive
> capacity?
>
> To get the rest of the hard drive capacity, you should be able to do so
> through
> Administrative Tools in Control Panel. Click the Computer Management
> icon,
> then Disk Management. This should show you the drive(s) on the system,
> and
> indicate both the capacity already used, and the remaining capacity
> available
> for use, approx 200GB. IIRC, you can either click or right-click the
> unused
> capacity, set up a partition, and format. Then you would end up with two
> partitions, the present 100GB and an added 200GB... Ben Myers


The SP2 upgrade did the trick.

The upgrade went very well, far beyond my expectations.

I put the motherboard in and I had to make one hole for a mount. I made the
hole with an awl and ******* the mount in. That was my only hitch.

The front panel connectors to the power switch, led, etc were clearly marked
and all worked.

After I put the mother board in I mounted the CPU and made sure the fan
worked. The wire from the fan is a 4 pin female and I couldn't find a 4 pin
male on the board. After reading up, I plugged it into a 3 pin connector on
the board, which was labeled fan. Dah....

Then I put the cards in and turned it on.



I want to thank you for your prompt and expert help.

Mark