Can't Install 1TB Hard Drives

Posted: 11-23-2008, 12:32 AM

Terry Smerling

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I have tried unsuccessfully to install two different 1 TB hard drives -- a
Samsung and a Western Digital; and each time I could not get my system to
"see" the drive. Instead, my system reports a 32mb drive. I have a fairly
new system with Windows Vista factory-loaded on it. My goal is to reinstall
Vista onto the new drive. When I attempt to install Vista, the Vista
install program likewise reports that the new drive is only 32mb. Can
anyone steer me in the right direction? Could it be a BIOS problem?

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Rick Rogers

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Re: Can't Install 1TB Hard Drives

Posted: 11-23-2008, 01:29 AM

Hi,

How does the system BIOS report the drive?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Terry Smerling" <smerling@roadrunner.com> wrote in message
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>I have tried unsuccessfully to install two different 1 TB hard drives -- a
>Samsung and a Western Digital; and each time I could not get my system to
>"see" the drive. Instead, my system reports a 32mb drive. I have a fairly
>new system with Windows Vista factory-loaded on it. My goal is to
>reinstall Vista onto the new drive. When I attempt to install Vista, the
>Vista install program likewise reports that the new drive is only 32mb.
>Can anyone steer me in the right direction? Could it be a BIOS problem?

Terry Smerling

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Re: Can't Install 1TB Hard Drives

Posted: 11-23-2008, 05:42 PM

For the Western Digital 1TB drive --

The BIOS says:

Cylinders 65535
Heads 16
PreComp 0
Landing Zone 65534
Sectors 255

IBM's Ontack says the settings should be;

Cylinders 16383
Heads 16
PreComp 16384
Landing Zone 16384
Sectors 63

"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> How does the system BIOS report the drive?
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Terry Smerling" <smerling@roadrunner.com> wrote in message
> news:0A6B267F-ED46-41BE-B672-33816738BB19@microsoft.com...
>>I have tried unsuccessfully to install two different 1 TB hard drives -- a
>>Samsung and a Western Digital; and each time I could not get my system to
>>"see" the drive. Instead, my system reports a 32mb drive. I have a
>>fairly new system with Windows Vista factory-loaded on it. My goal is to
>>reinstall Vista onto the new drive. When I attempt to install Vista, the
>>Vista install program likewise reports that the new drive is only 32mb.
>>Can anyone steer me in the right direction? Could it be a BIOS problem?
>

Hot-text

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Re: Can't Install 1TB Hard Drives

Posted: 11-23-2008, 05:01 AM

Put the Samsung and a Western Digital software in the A: Drive and start
your PC. the software will give you help. If you do not have a A: Drive Buy
one!!!!!

"Terry Smerling" <smerling@roadrunner.com> wrote in message
news:0A6B267F-ED46-41BE-B672-33816738BB19@microsoft.com...

> I have tried unsuccessfully to install two different 1 TB hard drives -- a
> Samsung and a Western Digital; and each time I could not get my system to
> "see" the drive. Instead, my system reports a 32mb drive. I have a
> fairly new system with Windows Vista factory-loaded on it. My goal is to
> reinstall Vista onto the new drive. When I attempt to install Vista, the
> Vista install program likewise reports that the new drive is only 32mb.
> Can anyone steer me in the right direction? Could it be a BIOS problem?

Terry Smerling

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Re: Can't Install 1TB Hard Drives

Posted: 11-23-2008, 05:44 PM

When you say the "A: drive" do you mean a floppy drive, which I already
have? The Western Digital software is much larger than the capacity of a
floppy. I am able to boot from the Western digital CD, but that didn't work
either.

"Hot-text" <hot-text@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Put the Samsung and a Western Digital software in the A: Drive and start
> your PC. the software will give you help. If you do not have a A: Drive
> Buy one!!!!!
>
> "Terry Smerling" <smerling@roadrunner.com> wrote in message
> news:0A6B267F-ED46-41BE-B672-33816738BB19@microsoft.com...
>> I have tried unsuccessfully to install two different 1 TB hard drives --
>> a Samsung and a Western Digital; and each time I could not get my system
>> to "see" the drive. Instead, my system reports a 32mb drive. I have a
>> fairly new system with Windows Vista factory-loaded on it. My goal is to
>> reinstall Vista onto the new drive. When I attempt to install Vista, the
>> Vista install program likewise reports that the new drive is only 32mb.
>> Can anyone steer me in the right direction? Could it be a BIOS problem?
>

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