I don't think it's possible to damage a drive this way.
It appears that you elected to use the FAT32 file system when you
formatted this drive, and XP's built-in limit was applied.
My impression is that you could just re-install XP, but elect the NTFS
file system and all would be well.
The BIOS upgrade doesn't mention any effect on HD limits, so I'm not
sure it's necessary.
Just go for it-put in the XP disk and pay careful attention to the
screens so you get an NTFS format with LBA and the largest allowable
size. As I recall, you will have to elect to remove any existing partitions.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hugh:
Thanks for your reply.
The drive is installed on the computer.
The operating system will be Windows XP pro.
The file system will be NTFS.
My question was how much damage we have done to the drive.
And, can it be repaired for use in a new (2006) computer up to
its full 160 Gb Should we choose to move it?
I have heard that there are programs to restore a hard
drive to its "box" condition. Will the Seagate "fill with
zero's" do that? The Seagate help desk says it will, but
I would like an other opinion before committing to doing
that.
Wally
On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 11:28:55 -0500 Hugh Vandervoort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
Is the drive installed in the computer? Any OS on it?
What OS are you installing? What file system are you using (FAT32 or
NTFS)?
See here for limits on using XP or 2000 for this job:
http://www.allensmith.net/Storage/HDDlimit/FAT32.htm
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I need some advice..
My son has a Pentium III at 600Mh computer with a
Tyan S1054 Trinity 400
and an Award Plug and play Bios extension 1.0A
1999 by Award software.
with an operating 40 Gb hard drive with Win 98 SE.
He purchased a Seagate 160 Gb EID hard drive
and attempted to install it using the Seagate install
wizard and Seagate tools. He intended to make this
drive the master boot drive with a new operating
system. The other drive would be formatted and
become a slave.
After running the Seagate Wizard and Seagate
tools the drive now is a 32 Gb drive and there seams to
be no way to change it using the Seagate Wizard
or tools.
The seagate help desk says that the problem is the
limitation of the computer bios and if we want to
use the drive in an other computer at its full
capacity, we need to do a Low Level format.
This involves filling the disk with zero's.
The Seagate tools changed the size value that
the bios sees for the drive. Why can't that
value be changed to the true size of the drive?
What can be done to get this drive back to
its "new" condition?
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