I'm trying to install a W.D. 500GB Hard Disk instead of my old and damaged H.D. of 250GB. First I tried without success to run an image (Acronis) of my old system, and then I tried to install a windows XP home edition but the system recognized only 130MB, then I tried a windows XP pro, the system recognized the all size of the H.D. but stopped in the middle.
Maybe the problem is with my BIOS Version CY91510A.86A.0039?
Go to the manufacturers website and see what bios updates there are ? If any relate to recognizing hard drive capacity then it will be worth while installing the update onto the motherboard.
If not then check your motherboard for enabling LBA and if you read the manual it should explain what each option is for.
Also might be worth while slip streaming your xp installation disc with the sata drivers for your motherboard ( the sata drivers you can get from your motherboard manufacturers website, download and extract them and then use nlite to combine the sata drivers with the xp disc and re burn the xp disc ensuring to make it bootable )
Nlite website
Seeing as you are combining drivers it may be worth while getting all the other drivers ie network card, graphics, audio etc and combing that with your bootable xp disc.
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