Sata drive is not recognized by XP

I have a neo865 and the problem is I can't get XP to recognize more then 130 gbyte of a 250 gbyte SATA drive even after loading the driver that came with the motherboard. Does anyone know a workaround

You need XP with Service Pack 1 to work with a boot driver larger than 137G. See this for how to get around it:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303013

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Michael
Message was edited by: michael-cologne

Hi,
now i have a new problem: the last reboot after installation finished leads to bluescreen and immediately reboot (so I can't see the stop-message)
During installation the reboot from Harddisk works.
But so far:
you need the latest Intel Chipset Driver:
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/T8Clearance.aspx?url=/13499/a08/infinst_autol.exe&agr=N&ProductID=2800&DwnldID=134 99&lang=deu
Next you must extract the files in a temp directory:
IATA75 _ENU.exe -a -a -pC:\temp\AHCI
Now edit the file iaahci.inf:
you have to change all the ICH8R related entries (R means RAID, which isn't supported in that A9 version of the chipset) to ICH8. Also change the related PCI-device IDs from 0x8086h/0x2821h (Vendor/Device ID) to 0x8086h/0x2824h.
The best way I think is to copy all ICH8R related sections and replace "ICH8R" with "ICH8" and "2821" with "2824".
As you need the driver during installation, you also have to change these settings in txtsetup.oem.
The next steps I found in a ASUS forum (they have similar problems):
create a new (personalized) installation CD for Windows XP
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a) Copy all the files and directories of the XP installation disk to your hard drive
Ex: form D:*.* (your installation CD) to C:/XP/*.* (your HD)
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XP\$OEM$\$1\drivers\SATA
c) Copy all the files of the Intel Matrix Storage Manager (see solution I) to that directory: XP\$OEM$\$1\drivers\SATA
iaAhci.inf, iaAhci.cat, iaStor.inf, iaStor.cat, iaStor.sys, and TxtSetup.oem.
d) Copy iaStor.sys to XP\i386 directory
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=> You can read and understand what you are doing reading Adding OEM drivers to Windows Setup at http://www.windowsserverx64.com/CSK/technical_articles/hardware/56.aspx (really nice article form Robert. Thanks)
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e.1) Under [HardwareIdsDatabase] add the following lines
right after GenFloppyDisk = "flpydisk"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2821&CC_0106 = "iaStor"
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2824&CC_0106 = "iaStor"
and before PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1230 = "intelide",
Note: dont touch any other line. Be carefull, the name iaStor => is case sensitive.
e.2) under [SourceDisksFiles] add
iaStor.sys = 1,,_x,4,1
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e.3) under [SCSI.Load] add
iaStor = iastor.sys,4
e.4) under [SCSI] add
iaStor = "Intel(R) 82801HEM/HBM SATA AHCI Controller (Mobile ICH8M-E/M)"
Note: If your controller is a different one, use the right one. Read the contents of the TxtSetup.oem file for more information.
f) Create a new file called (use notepad) WINNT.SIF and locate it at: XP\i386
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AutoPartition=0
MsDosInitiated=0
UnattendedInstall=Yes
[Unattended]
UnattendMode=ProvideDefault
OemPreinstall=Yes
OemSkipEula=Yes
NoWaitAfterTextMode=1
NoWaitAfterGUIMode=1
WaitForReboot=No
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DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
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[UserData]
ProductKey=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx
FullName=EnterYourName
OrgName=EnterYourOrgName
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Like I've said: installation works well, just the last reboot from disk creates a bluescreen and therefor a bootloop.
Regards,
Michael

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