hdd question

[torso]

Yesterday i got my new scaleo x and it was a pretty mess.<BR>My Lan connection is broken (only orange light lit all the time). I talked to the support, they care for it.<BR>My question: I got a 250 gb hdd in this pc, but can't format the whole value. What's to do now? I read something about a fix in sp2 for win xp and a matrox tool. Will this work?<BR>thanks for your replies.<BR>torso

[Juggernaut]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><BR>My question: I got a 250 gb hdd in this pc, but can't format the whole value. What's to do now? I read something about a fix in sp2 for win xp and a matrox tool. Will this work?<BR>thanks for your replies.<BR>torso[/B]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Teh newest service pack should be necessary. The other tool you heared about is from Maxtor, not Matrox <P>But this you only need if the BIOS doesn't support such big HDDs.<P>More info:<BR> <A HREF="http://www.48bitlba.com" TARGET=_blank>www.48bitlba.com</A> <BR>

[MrNice]

If you do not want to to install SP2 fpr windows XP, take a look at the following artikle from microsoft knowledge base <BR> <A HREF="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;de;303013" TARGET=_blank>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;de;303013</A> <P><BR>greets