Bois not seeing full hard drive.

DeSublime · 07-17-2008, 07:46 AM

I'm replacing a hard drive in a dell dominion 4400. I am using a 250GB western digital hard drive. Currently the bois only sees 137447MB. What can I do to get the bois to recognize the full drive capacity?

Thanx...

~~Systems_Analyst~~ · 07-17-2008, 08:03 AM

Make sure the jumper settings are correct. It is possible as well that you might need to flash the bios. Go to dell's website and enter in the service tag of your computer. Check to see if there are any bios updates for the dell computer.

Houndog777 · 07-17-2008, 08:59 AM

Hi,
Is it the Dimension 4400 you are working with? If so, you probably need a BIOS update.
Have a look at this previous post.......
250GB Harddrive is recognized as 127 GB 037GB

~~OMGmissinglink~~ · 07-17-2008, 10:05 AM

Bios is not showing the drive as 250gb? .. or Windows partitioning is only allowing creating 137. gb partition then you can instill your Operating system.

**vladimirb** · 07-17-2008, 03:35 PM

Hey mate,
did you check in Disk Management???
Maybe you have some un-partitioned space...

Houndog777 · 07-17-2008, 03:39 PM

Hi, for the Dimension 4400......
The following changes were made to the A02 BIOS to create A03:
3. Added 48 bit LBA code for support for hard drives larger than 127GB.

Please look at this post and follow the instructions given by Eneles...........
250GB Harddrive is recognized as 127 GB 037GB

~~OMGmissinglink~~ · 07-17-2008, 04:24 PM

Your finding you can't create an install partition with your Windows XP disk over 137447MB means your XP disk does not include sp1 or sp2.

At the time of this writing (January 2003), new copies of Windows XP Full Versions have
incorporated 48-bit Addressing for ATA interface disc drives. You can confirm that your copy has
this support by inspecting the installation CD artwork. It should say "Windows XP Home (or
Professional) Edition Including Service Pack 1."

Note"---->
Windows XP manufactured prior to August 2002 has a native limitation of 137GB supporting ATA
interface disc drives that are attached to traditional Primary and Secondary IDE Channels on the
motherboard. In this configuration WinXP will not create partitions greater than 137GB until after
the Service Pack is installed and registry bit EnableBigLBA is set to 1.<----

See Microsoft Knowledgebase article Q322389:"How to Obtain the Latest Windows XP Service
Pack" at support.microsoft.com.
See also the Microsoft Knowledgebase article that explains how to enable large drive support
after the Service Packs are installed. For Windows XP SP1 see article Q303013:"How to Enable
48-bit Logical Block Addressing Support for ATAPI Disk Drives in Windows XP" at
support.microsoft.com.

07-17-2008, 07:46 AM	#1 (permalink)
DeSublime Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1 OS: xp sp3	Bois not seeing full hard drive. I'm replacing a hard drive in a dell dominion 4400. I am using a 250GB western digital hard drive. Currently the bois only sees 137447MB. What can I do to get the bois to recognize the full drive capacity? Thanx...

07-17-2008, 08:03 AM	#2 (permalink)
~~Systems_Analyst~~ Troubled Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 40 OS: Windows XP Professional	Re: Bois not seeing full hard drive. Make sure the jumper settings are correct. It is possible as well that you might need to flash the bios. Go to dell's website and enter in the service tag of your computer. Check to see if there are any bios updates for the dell computer.

07-17-2008, 08:59 AM	#3 (permalink)
Houndog777 Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 2,683 OS: XPpro sp3 My System	Re: Bois not seeing full hard drive. Hi, Is it the Dimension 4400 you are working with? If so, you probably need a BIOS update. Have a look at this previous post....... 250GB Harddrive is recognized as 127 GB 037GB

07-17-2008, 10:05 AM	#4 (permalink)
~~OMGmissinglink~~ Troubled Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,535 OS: XP Pro sp2 My System	Re: Bois not seeing full hard drive. Bios is not showing the drive as 250gb? .. or Windows partitioning is only allowing creating 137. gb partition then you can instill your Operating system.

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vladimirb Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Banja Luka, Serb Republic Posts: 3,499 OS: xp pro sp3, Server 2003, Windows 7 Professional x64bit My System	Re: Bois not seeing full hard drive. Hey mate, did you check in Disk Management??? Maybe you have some un-partitioned space... __________________ MCP - MCSA Cisco SMB Account Manager

07-17-2008, 03:39 PM	#6 (permalink)
Houndog777 Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 2,683 OS: XPpro sp3 My System	Re: Bois not seeing full hard drive. Hi, for the Dimension 4400...... The following changes were made to the A02 BIOS to create A03: 3. Added 48 bit LBA code for support for hard drives larger than 127GB. Please look at this post and follow the instructions given by Eneles........... 250GB Harddrive is recognized as 127 GB 037GB

07-17-2008, 04:24 PM	#7 (permalink)
~~OMGmissinglink~~ Troubled Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,535 OS: XP Pro sp2 My System	Re: Bois not seeing full hard drive. Your finding you can't create an install partition with your Windows XP disk over 137447MB means your XP disk does not include sp1 or sp2. At the time of this writing (January 2003), new copies of Windows XP Full Versions have incorporated 48-bit Addressing for ATA interface disc drives. You can confirm that your copy has this support by inspecting the installation CD artwork. It should say "Windows XP Home (or Professional) Edition Including Service Pack 1." Note"----> Windows XP manufactured prior to August 2002 has a native limitation of 137GB supporting ATA interface disc drives that are attached to traditional Primary and Secondary IDE Channels on the motherboard. In this configuration WinXP will not create partitions greater than 137GB until after the Service Pack is installed and registry bit EnableBigLBA is set to 1.<---- See Microsoft Knowledgebase article Q322389:"How to Obtain the Latest Windows XP Service Pack" at support.microsoft.com. See also the Microsoft Knowledgebase article that explains how to enable large drive support after the Service Packs are installed. For Windows XP SP1 see article Q303013:"How to Enable 48-bit Logical Block Addressing Support for ATAPI Disk Drives in Windows XP" at support.microsoft.com. Last edited by OMGmissinglink; 07-17-2008 at 04:28 PM.