I need to format an HDD to run with a new motherboard, how do I go about doing that. It already has windows XP on it from the previous motherboard. And now with the new one it will not boot up. Is that carry over?

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The mainboard does not have a limit for the harddrive size.
But the windows system sometimes have a limit especially windows xp.
A new sata driver or a bios upgrade is sometimes needed when you add a big harddrive.
Note: take care not to flash the bios with a wrong one if needed.
And also the new drive must be formatted ( in NTFS format ) before you can use it.
If you still run windows xp, try to make more partitions, so windows can see the new drives.
Other system like windows 7, does not have this limit.

Good luck

Hi Good day!! Maybe the HDD that you've been inserted was a cloned HDD, my solution to this was to format the HDD that you've been inserted..

It is not about the motherboard but more so about the operating system. If you're using windows XP with SP1 or higher there is no real limit. Windows 98 can see a max of 64GB & windows 98SE, 137GB. Win XP can see a max of 2 exobytes.
(What is 1exobyte?, EB. In decimal terms, an exabyte is a billion gigabytes). Setting up you're drive properley is also very, very important. Download the hard disk drives manufacture setup software. Only connect the new HDD. Create either a bootable floppy disk or a bootable CD from the manufactors site. Boot to the floppy or CD and set up the HDD. This includes sector size FAT NTFS ECT. You will also be able to format the new HDD. When installing windows do not allow windows to format the disk. (Leave it as is). Make sure you're new drive is shown in you're bios before installing windows xxx.

Cheers'
Mike

If you have a valid Win XP Pro CD and want to install the operating system you'll need to format your hard disk drive. If you have allot of data on you're hard disk drive, (In Win 2000) Suggest you create a second partition within the free space of you're hdd and install windows XP Pro. Boot you're system with the XP CD. Pay close attention to the display screens. Follow the instructions for creating a second partition.
Format the new partition. (Quick). Install windows XP on the new partition. Once completed you can copy your personal data to win XP.
If you choose to keep the win 2000 partition and you do not wish to have a dual boot system than remove/delete the root files from the 2000 partition. These files; Autoexec.bat and Boot.ini. You're new XP Boot.ini should read like this;
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer
Once you're satisfied an no longer need win 2000 use windows diskmgmt.msc from the run command to delete the win 2000 partition.
Win 2000 uses a FAT16 where Win XP uses the FAT NTFS.

Cheers!
Mike

You need to reinstall Windows if you took it out of a different system. Windows is built according to your hardware when it is installed, you can't just drop the HDD into another, completely different, system and expect it to work.

Back up any data you want off that drive and format and reinstall windows and any other programs you want. That is the only way to make it work in your situation, sorry...

Windows installer always formats the disk after checking the previous installation. There are two ways to overcome this problem. One, if windows still boots, then insert the installation disk in the drive and let it Auto Run, and ask you whether you want to upgrade the OS or install new. If you upgrade then the formatting will not take place as windows knows that there is already a window on the disk. But should you want a new installation then it will do all the checking and may hang again. So, upgrade. Two, dl you have a DOS bootup disk. If yes then boot up with DOS boot up disk and format the HDD with it. once it had formatted and windows checks up, let it. It will not hang now. as there in a very clean HDD.

Try to format your hard drive using Maxtor CD not windows XP.
You may have a bad drive, see if you can write zeros to the drive it can fix a lots of problems.

Good luck
N Sabre

ther is no need for a raid array. connect hdd assign priority to the new hdd. install 7 on new hdd,
or
just connect hdd , boot to xp , put windows 7 dvd , instal it on new hdd while u r in xp
if ur new hdd is not detecting just clear c-mos settings

Jai

hi,

try removing with jumper behind the hard disk. and the see the cable or plugged in properly and do automatic detection of Hard drives in Bios

Can you see this HD in:
Control Panel/System/Device Manager?
In Computer management?(Rt.Click My Computer/Manage/Disk management)? You can also format the disk here.