Brand new 250GIG HDD, junpers set, windows dont notice it! do i need RAID? HELP

RUFIO_NAZKID · 01-21-2006, 06:11 PM

can anyone please help a budding teenage computer builder sort his problem?
put in new HDD 250GIG windows dont notice it or recognize. starts up perfectly but no new HDD detected. HELP! appreciated much

crazijoe · 01-21-2006, 07:39 PM

Can you give any specs on your system. i.e. motherboard, HDD, OS, etc..

**johnwill** · 01-22-2006, 10:14 AM

Did you right click on My Computer, Manage, Disk Management, and partition and format the drive?

RUFIO_NAZKID · 01-23-2006, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by crazijoe

Can you give any specs on your system. i.e. motherboard, HDD, OS, etc..

its intel D845GRG, 1.7ghzCPU, 13.gb previous HDD, XP.
i heard that windows dont recognize HDD's over 137gb.

RUFIO_NAZKID · 01-23-2006, 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by johnwill

Did you right click on My Computer, Manage, Disk Management, and partition and format the drive?

OMFG! thank you so much! i've formatted it now.
where would i be without you guys!

RUFIO_NAZKID · 01-23-2006, 06:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crazijoe

Can you give any specs on your system. i.e. motherboard, HDD, OS, etc..

thanks so much for replying! i've sorted out my problem.

crazijoe · 01-23-2006, 06:13 AM

Native WinXP will not support 48 bit LBA. You will need to apply at least SP1 to see drives larger than 137GB.
The first thing is, make sure your BIOS will support 48 bit LBA. I would reccommend flashing the latest BIOS for your motherboard.

RUFIO_NAZKID · 01-23-2006, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by johnwill

Did you right click on My Computer, Manage, Disk Management, and partition and format the drive?

the format dont work
tryed it twice!
took 4 hours
windows says unable to complete format
what now?

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01-23-2006, 06:13 AM	#7 (permalink)
crazijoe Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Omaha, The Center of the Universe Posts: 7,632 OS: WinXP, Win2K3 My System	Native WinXP will not support 48 bit LBA. You will need to apply at least SP1 to see drives larger than 137GB. The first thing is, make sure your BIOS will support 48 bit LBA. I would reccommend flashing the latest BIOS for your motherboard. __________________ Microsoft MCSA + Messaging, MVP, A+, Network+ http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b3...other/Help.jpg Do you want a real Republican? HDD diagnostic tools / HDD data recovery software