Hello,
This is related to my earlier post when I was trying to have Win 2k recognize the full capacity of a 160 GB ATA HDD. The OS has since been changed and a SATA HDD is added as follows:
OS=> Win XP, SP2
MoBo=> ASUS A7N8X-E Socket A (462) purchased 2005. I have just flashed the BIOS installing the latest.
Primary SATA HDD (where OS is installed)=> Hitachi DeskStar 7K80, 80GB
Storage ATA HDD=> Maxtor 160GB, connected to MoBo via Promise Ultra 100 Tx2 PCI controller card. Maxtor has shown having a problem with the recognition of its full 160GB capacity under a different set up. This happened while reformatting the HDD from clean install when there was an unintended power shut down. This may have caused MBR corruption.
My current system is up & running with no problems except when I tried to format the Maxtor using Win XP disk management, this HDD has appeared as having a total size of 127 GB only!
This has been a very frustrating experience. Any help is very much appreciated.
Thank you,
SR
This is related to my earlier post when I was trying to have Win 2k recognize the full capacity of a 160 GB ATA HDD. The OS has since been changed and a SATA HDD is added as follows:
OS=> Win XP, SP2
MoBo=> ASUS A7N8X-E Socket A (462) purchased 2005. I have just flashed the BIOS installing the latest.
Primary SATA HDD (where OS is installed)=> Hitachi DeskStar 7K80, 80GB
Storage ATA HDD=> Maxtor 160GB, connected to MoBo via Promise Ultra 100 Tx2 PCI controller card. Maxtor has shown having a problem with the recognition of its full 160GB capacity under a different set up. This happened while reformatting the HDD from clean install when there was an unintended power shut down. This may have caused MBR corruption.
My current system is up & running with no problems except when I tried to format the Maxtor using Win XP disk management, this HDD has appeared as having a total size of 127 GB only!
This has been a very frustrating experience. Any help is very much appreciated.
Thank you,
SR