http://support.microsoft.com/kb/303013
Thanks for correcting me, I reviewed the article again. But why is it that
my hard disks is not recognized correctly by Windows XP? What I did was, I
installed a Windows XP (not SP1 and SP2) and reinstalled Windows XP SP2.
"Shenan Stanley" wrote:
> IJVelas wrote:
> > My computer setup before reinstalling a fresh copy of WIndows XP is
> > P4 2.8 Ghz on a Intel PERL Motherboard, 1GB RAM, 128MB Video,
> > Partitioned PATA 80GB Seagate (C: 40GB, D: 40GB) hard disk, SATA
> > 250GB hard disk (E:), SATA 320GB hard disk (F:). Installed is
> > Windows XP SP2 with the latest updates by Microsoft. This setup is
> > already a year old so I've decided to reinstall a fresh copy of
> > Windows XP. After successfully installing a new Windows XP SP2, I
> > couldn't access my 320GB hard disk and everytime I boot up my
> > WIndows XP scandisk always run. I always cancel the scandisk
> > because I'm afraid that I might loose my valuable data if scandisk
> > corrects the problems found by scandisk.
> >
> > Windows XP tells me that my 320GB hard disk is not formatted. I
> > opened Computer Management to see the list of drives and found out
> > that my 320GB hard disk is only detected as 130GB hard disk but in
> > the BIOS it says 320GB hard disk. After doing some research on the
> > net, I found out that Windows XP doesn't automatically support
> > large hard drives greater than 130GB (I think). I edited the
> > registry and added DWORD EnableLargeLba = 1 then rebooted my PC.
> > After the reboot, Windows XP still reports that my 250GB hard disk
> > has problems. Opened Computer Management again and checked my hard
> > drives. Computer Management now reports that my 320GB hard disk has
> > 130GB (healthy) and 170GB (unallocated).
> >
> > I also lost some data and corrupted files on my 250GB hard disk.
> >
> > I think the cause of this was Windows XP automatically reconfigured
> > the partitions on my hard drive since it doesn't support large hard
> > disks greater than 130GB.
> >
> > Is it still possible to recover all my data on my 320gb hard disk
> > and 250gb hard disk drives? What should I do? I am sure that my
> > hard drives are working in good condition because I just bought
> > them a few months ago.
>
> Windows XP SP1 and later 'automatically' (out-of-the-box) supports drives
> larger than 137GB.
> Your results from your research was incorrect or at least incomplete.
>
> As long as you installed Windows XP SP1 or SP2 initially (not updated it to
> SP2) - the support was there from the beginning.
>
> You may be having trouble with the drivers for the controller?
> Update those from the controller card or motherboard manufacturer?
> (If built into the motherboard - the chipset drivers should cover that.)
>
> No one should have suspected a hard disk issue from the information you
> gave...
>
> When you installed Windows XP - was it from a CD integrated with SP1 or SP2?
>
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> Shenan Stanley
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