XP on P3 w/ 200GB HD

Sprooty · 08-02-2006, 02:35 AM

Hey guys,

Ive just come across and old P3 system and i want to install windows XP on it.

I chucked in a 200GB drive i had in to the PC. Booted windows XP disc, but whenever i pass the first stage of windows (partitioning and loading the install files) after it reboots it says "Could not load operating system".

I have a feeling its something to do with the Bios only showing the drive as 136GB.

What can i do to make windows install?

jcortes · 08-02-2006, 03:18 AM

Maybe your motherboard does not support drives over 137gb. try installing a PCI IDE card with 48 bit LBA compatibility. that should fix the 137gb limit. because if your running a P3 the board has got to be quite old.

Sprooty · 08-02-2006, 05:07 AM

I found a solution on the seagate website, they had a little tool that worked.

Thanks for your help.

chrisds · 08-04-2006, 12:29 PM

what was the tools name? any chance of a link to it (for future references)

Sprooty · 08-04-2006, 06:12 PM

http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/di...wse_maint.html

Its a little hard to understand the instructions but just completeley formatt the drive then run the "Setup this Drive" wizard.

It wills till show the drive as 136GB, but it lets windows boot, then you can partition the rest of the drive.

08-02-2006, 02:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
Sprooty Ultra Techie Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 785	XP on P3 w/ 200GB HD Hey guys, Ive just come across and old P3 system and i want to install windows XP on it. I chucked in a 200GB drive i had in to the PC. Booted windows XP disc, but whenever i pass the first stage of windows (partitioning and loading the install files) after it reboots it says "Could not load operating system". I have a feeling its something to do with the Bios only showing the drive as 136GB. What can i do to make windows install? __________________

08-02-2006, 03:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
jcortes Monster Techie Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,904	Maybe your motherboard does not support drives over 137gb. try installing a PCI IDE card with 48 bit LBA compatibility. that should fix the 137gb limit. because if your running a P3 the board has got to be quite old. __________________ AIM = jcortestechhelp

08-02-2006, 05:07 AM	#3 (permalink)
Sprooty Ultra Techie Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 785	I found a solution on the seagate website, they had a little tool that worked. Thanks for your help. __________________

08-04-2006, 12:29 PM	#4 (permalink)
chrisds True Techie Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 168	what was the tools name? any chance of a link to it (for future references) __________________ Oh Gay my sig got removed!

08-04-2006, 06:12 PM	#5 (permalink)
Sprooty Ultra Techie Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 785	http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/di...wse_maint.html Its a little hard to understand the instructions but just completeley formatt the drive then run the "Setup this Drive" wizard. It wills till show the drive as 136GB, but it lets windows boot, then you can partition the rest of the drive. __________________

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