Rafael
December 9th 03, 01:25 PM
Did you use the floppy that comes with your hard drive?
This has some information that will install in the hard
disk to be recognized with the right size.
Regards,
Rafael: )
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
> I have a 160 GB Western Digital HD I want to
install as the only
>drive.
> I have it in right now. The BIOS recognizes it as
160 but XP
>Home only
>sees it as 127 GB. I do have Service Pack 1 installed.
I have Dell
>Dimension 8100 and I saw somewhere in a previous post
that someone
>with the 8100
>*was* able to get the HD recognized without using a
controller card in
>a PCI slot. (I tried using the controller card that
came with the HD
>but it caused sluggishness and the audio would stutter
as the cursor
>was moved.) Perhaps a Registry change is needed? Your
thoughts on
>this would be appreciated.
> Pandora
>.
>
This has some information that will install in the hard
disk to be recognized with the right size.
Regards,
Rafael: )
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
> I have a 160 GB Western Digital HD I want to
install as the only
>drive.
> I have it in right now. The BIOS recognizes it as
160 but XP
>Home only
>sees it as 127 GB. I do have Service Pack 1 installed.
I have Dell
>Dimension 8100 and I saw somewhere in a previous post
that someone
>with the 8100
>*was* able to get the HD recognized without using a
controller card in
>a PCI slot. (I tried using the controller card that
came with the HD
>but it caused sluggishness and the audio would stutter
as the cursor
>was moved.) Perhaps a Registry change is needed? Your
thoughts on
>this would be appreciated.
> Pandora
>.
>