your answer will be at the western digital web site, 

http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php?p_cv=1.184&p_cats=184&p_prods=0


it might come down to if your mobo cant you will have to change it or add a PCI IDE card


raymond rynehart



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> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:43:23 -0500
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Hard drive size problem
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 
> Quite a few things can cause this.
> See 48bitlba at:
> http://www.48bitlba.com/
> 
>                                         Rick Glazier
> 
> From: "Harvey Rose"
>>I bought a new computer that has a 250G drive - Western Digitial SATA. 
>> When I run the system information from Windows XP it shows only 137G 
>> available. It is formatted in NTFS. The model is WD2500AAKS. They put 
>> Windows XP on for me. I have installed my programs starting to transfer 
>> files from my old hard drive okay but started run to out of space(Also 
>> putting new programs on). Is the operating system Windows XP Home 
>> edition reporting the wrong space or did they format it to this limit?
>> 
>> Harvey Rose
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