or get the PCI card?

will i lose my data if i reinstall windows?

9/15/2006 4:46:22 PM

i just ordered Windows XP Professional x64 Edition trial software

that should work right?

9/15/2006 6:23:52 PM

no, pci card isn't needed since your BIOS/motherboard IS showing it as 400gb

xp trial software will only work 30 days then it will lock you out, but worth a shot i guess.

i can't believe no one else has any ideas...

[Edited on September 15, 2006 at 8:28 PM. Reason : .]

9/15/2006 8:28:34 PM

i know right

i dont even know how much a new OS would cost

9/16/2006 6:46:03 PM

lol

9/16/2006 6:54:02 PM

post something useful

9/16/2006 7:47:12 PM

what enclosure did you get? are you using FireWire or USB to attach it?

if you're using FireWire with the enclosure recommended earlier in the thread, you should probably note the following excerpt from the manufacturer's website:

Quote :

"For Windows NTFS format, Firewire connection has report of partition limit at 127G in certain hardware. FAT32 format has no such limitation. See FAQ for detail."

[Edited on September 22, 2006 at 8:54 PM. Reason : *]

9/22/2006 8:52:01 PM

its internal

i just checked my enablebiglba registry key or whatever and its set to 1

thats the only thing i can think of out of everything i found that i didnt check/do

9/22/2006 9:11:05 PM

alright, let me go ahead and have you clarify a few things for me then

it is the 400GB Seagate SATA drive, correct?
are you using a seriallel adapter?
are the appropriate IDE/SATA chipset drivers installed or are you using generic Windows drivers?
is there a 128GB clip jumper on the drive? is it set?
what does the drive appear as in the Adminsitrative Tools disk management shizzle?
if it appears as 400GB with a 127GB partition, have you tried deleting the 127GB partition and creating a 400GB partition? if any of your fixes worked, you *will* have to recreate the partition and reformat the drive for it to appear as a ~400GB "E:\" or whatever drive letter it is.

9/22/2006 9:23:29 PM

1) its ATA

2) i dont know

3) i installed this drive using Seagates software if thats what you mean...so i would imagine everything software-related is in order

4) the only jumper i know of sets the drive as a slave. it is set correctly.

5) i found that but where do i find the size it is recognized as?

6) ^



ok i think i found it

it says

disk 1 disk 2 vol1 244.61 GB
basic 128.00 GB NTFS unallocated
372.61 Healthy
online





do i need partiion magic or something like that now?

[Edited on September 22, 2006 at 9:34 PM. Reason : .]

9/22/2006 9:30:08 PM

right click the first partition and tell it to delete it
then right click the unallocated space and tell it to create a partition, click next a bunch and then you're done

but you should still probably verify that your chipset drivers are not the generic IDE chipset drivers and are the latest version available from Dell, for best performance and stability

[Edited on September 22, 2006 at 9:37 PM. Reason : *]

9/22/2006 9:33:52 PM

if i go to my computer -> properties then it shows the pie chart but only mentions 127 GB

9/22/2006 9:36:15 PM

yeah, what you are checking in My Computer is the size of the filesystem, which resides in the 128GB partition that was created initially

the device itself is being detected correctly, you just need to repartition it

if you do not want to lose your data you should use partition magic, yes

9/22/2006 9:37:21 PM

fucking right

i have 70GB in this bitch already

god knows i would be fucked

i only have 15 free GB in my c drive

9/22/2006 9:38:19 PM

i got a 300 gb sata just collecting dust

shit sucks...i want to build my new computer and put it in already

9/22/2006 9:50:05 PM

its fucking fixed

at least im learning

god damn it makes me angry how easy it was


noiw im scared to death to try and install vista

9/22/2006 10:17:38 PM