harddrive

[geni0us]

You have to download a newer version of BIOS, not service
pack!
than, search on microsoft for a new version of FDISK and
make a partititions with him...
that will help...G luck


>-----Original Message-----
>I purchased a second 164 gigabyte Western Digital
>harddrive for my computer. For some reason my Operating
>System will recognize it as a 124 gb harddrive rather
>than a 164 gb harddrive. I was asked by the harddrive
>manufacturer to downlodad the Service Pack 1 from the
>Microsoft site(they are very clear that this is an
>operating system issue). Having done so there is still
no
>change in the way the size of the drive is read. Please
>advise.
>.
>

[Donald Link]

Good Point!!! The bios has to be current enough to reconize the larger hard
drive even with sp1 installed. Some fairly recent models do not always
reconize these large huge hard drives which are being produced in large
enough quanities where the prices are coming down dramatically.



"geni0us" > wrote in message
...
> You have to download a newer version of BIOS, not service
> pack!
> than, search on microsoft for a new version of FDISK and
> make a partititions with him...
> that will help...G luck
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I purchased a second 164 gigabyte Western Digital
> >harddrive for my computer. For some reason my Operating
> >System will recognize it as a 124 gb harddrive rather
> >than a 164 gb harddrive. I was asked by the harddrive
> >manufacturer to downlodad the Service Pack 1 from the
> >Microsoft site(they are very clear that this is an
> >operating system issue). Having done so there is still
> no
> >change in the way the size of the drive is read. Please
> >advise.
> >.
> >
>
>