This is one of the 'few' sites that seems legitimite and offers good advice (outside of here - haha) about Bios upgrades:
http://www.wimsbios.com/index.jsp
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This is one of the 'few' sites that seems legitimite and offers good advice (outside of here - haha) about Bios upgrades:
http://www.wimsbios.com/index.jsp
OMGmissinglink i already got that program but it doesnt allow me to format the drive
Well since I never got a MSN message after I got home I guess you all got it sorted out :) Curious though. You sounded pretty sure that the BIOS update wouldn't let it see the hard drive size OMG. Did you read this from their data sheets? Just wondering because I have gotten the BIOS updates before just to let them see a new size and so on. It's not common I admit but I recall several times a while back doing a BIOS update to allow the viewing of a larger hard drive.
Ah I feel silly I was so focused on the hardware I forgot about that information for WinXP. Well I'm glad I got you around to cover my mistakes hehe.
guys i thank you all for helping me:
i updated bios, but i get the same error: i created a new partition with the unallocated space, but after the format is ok (the program tells me the partition is integer) and after a reboot, when i click on E: (the new drive= partition) i get: ACCESS DENIED
bios update didnt fix this!!
could it be because i use CABLE SELECT jumper and not masteR? (drive is master)
ok i ll try
anyway i dont care if the second partition is E or D
i only need it to work.
thanks!
anyway i didnt fix my problem.
i still cant access second partition if formatted.
HEEEELP :( :(
OK sanity check
You have a second partition on this drive
What type of partition is it? (see disk management to get the details)
Is it extended or Primary partition?
If extended, you must have created a logical drive.
If you made it primary, you need to make it extended.
i mad it primary, but it is allowed to have up to 4 primary partitions on an HD...
now ill try to make it extended and logical..
ill let you know, but 99% i ll be back reporting it doesnt work too ;)