WD green WDEZRX 2TB not detecting on windows xp 32 Bit

[waqas3483]

Hi,
I have system with
Processer: core 2 quad q9650
Motherboard: intel dg33fb mother
Ram: 4GB
3 hard drives: 1.5 TB combined

I have dual operating system installed Windows Xp pro 32 bit and Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit operating system installed. I bought a WD 2tb hard drive for storage. First i install it on windows 7 and setup it with 4 equal partitions with Partition Wizard Utility and its working fine. Now my problem is that when i boot into windows xp it is not showing the new hard drive and also not showing in Disk Manager. For your infor have already install 3 hard drives but on Windows 7 it works fine and not in XP. Help please....

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

If it's a SATA hard drive, Windows XP doesn't support SATA natively, whereas Windows 7 does.
You need to boot into XP and install the XP-compatible SATA driver for the motherboard which you can download from your motherboard maker's website. For Intel boards go here: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/default.aspx

 

[waqas3483]

Phillip Corcoran,

Thanks for the reply but i already have 2 sata hdds running on my pc.

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

Then it may because of the hard drive's capacity. Non-updated versions of XP can't recognise drives in excess of 120GB so make sure you've updated it to SP3. If it's not that I'm clean out of ideas.

 

[waqas3483]

Have anyone know the solution?

 

[rehed21]

Did you format using MBR or GBT? Windows XP does not support GBT while Windows 7 does.

 

[waqas3483]

I format it in MBR. Can it be 2TB limit issue of XP because i have 1.5 TB already in my system and adding 2 TB not supporting by XP? Is that limit applies on total storage or single hard drive?

 

[rehed21]

The limit is per drive. My only other suggestion is to restart XP to see if it recognizes it. I had installed a secondary SSD which was not initially recognized by XP but later on I restarted and it was there (also a dual boot system).

 

[waqas3483]

I have done it already but no success. Any other suggestion....