New Hard Disk is 200 GB but only shows 128 GB

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Hello

I have just had an additional hard disk installed on a computer (AMD
Athlon 1.47 GHz, 768 MB RAM) that runs XP Professional - legitimate
software.

The original disk is 40 GB & 95% full. The new disk says it is a
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10200 GB on the actual disk BUT when I check
the properties it only shows up in Windows Explorer as 128 MB - it has
zero data on it at the moment.

I have two questions if anyone can help:-

1. Why would it only show 128 MB, and

2. Assuming I resolve that problem, can I move everything on the old
drive to the new drive and what is the best way. I do have access to a
product called filemover if that helps.


The person who put the drive in (not a computer pro.) is overseas for
2 weeks so I am hoping someone may be able to help.

Thanks
 
'jg2005' wrote:
| I have just had an additional hard disk installed on a computer (AMD
| Athlon 1.47 GHz, 768 MB RAM) that runs XP Professional - legitimate
| software.
|
| The original disk is 40 GB & 95% full. The new disk says it is a
| Seagate Barracuda 7200.10200 GB on the actual disk BUT when I check
| the properties it only shows up in Windows Explorer as 128 MB - it has
| zero data on it at the moment.
|
| I have two questions if anyone can help:-
|
| 1. Why would it only show 128 MB, and
|
| 2. Assuming I resolve that problem, can I move everything on the old
| drive to the new drive and what is the best way. I do have access to a
| product called filemover if that helps.
_____

Either (a.) the installer incorrectly formatted and created only a 128 GByte
primary partition, leaving the rest of the hard drive unused, or (b.) your
system is old enough for there to be a 128 GByte limit on the recognized
capacity of a hard drive.

For case (a.), the solution is simple; use your Windows XP installation CD
to format and partition the new 200 GByte hard drive as one full primary
partition.

For case (b), it is likely that the motherboard chipset manufacturer
provides drivers to allow recognition of larger hard drives (Intel certainly
does.)

Since you only noted that you have access to a 'file mover' utility, I'd
guess from that terse description that the application won't do the trick of
setting up your system to operate from the new drive (many new retail hard
drives come with software to do exactly what you need to do.) The most
important is to move the operating system ... and that involves more than
just moving files. There if the proper utilities did not come with your new
hard drive, there are applications that will do this, free and for fee.
Moving data files can be done with Windows Explorer; moving program files is
more complex. Ideally you should reformat the hard drive as a 200 GByte
primary partition, then clone the original drive to the new drive. After
that check the transfer, then make the new drive bootable. If all works,
you can then use the original drive as you wish.

Phil Weldon

| Hello
|
||
|
| The person who put the drive in (not a computer pro.) is overseas for
| 2 weeks so I am hoping someone may be able to help.
|
| Thanks
|
 
jg2005 said:
Hello

I have just had an additional hard disk installed on a computer (AMD
Athlon 1.47 GHz, 768 MB RAM) that runs XP Professional - legitimate
software.

The original disk is 40 GB & 95% full. The new disk says it is a
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10200 GB on the actual disk BUT when I check
the properties it only shows up in Windows Explorer as 128 MB - it has
zero data on it at the moment.

I have two questions if anyone can help:-

1. Why would it only show 128 MB, and
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You need two things to support a driveovber 128GB:

1. A motherboard with a BIOS and controller that supports 48-bit LBA (or
alternatively, an add-in controller card that does).

2. At least SP1 of Windows XP.

You are missing at least one of these.
 
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