Win XP Won't Recognize All Of Hard Drive

somehow i did something wrong obviously i just upgraded my pc by innstalling a 160gb hd it was working fine i was playing around with the disk that came with it after i installed it it had some utilities on it one for changing disk size or some thing to that extent cant even find it again however my problem i have created is my original hd which is 80 gb and the new one which is 160 both say 31.4 gb in when i veiw properties in my computer what the heck did i do can i fix this and if so how i been reading lots i feel like i changed my the max hard drive setting some how for xp

 

I dont think it was the 32 gb limit because I when I first installed it, my orignial hd stated 80 gig as it is and the new one said 127gb, even though it's actually a 160. This is also the reason I was fiddling with the disk that came with the seagate hd. Somewhere on that disk was a program or an option to set the disk size, which i also cannot relocate that option or software again to correct what I did wrong. I do feel I had a limit of 127gb and I was wondering if what you're saying is true about updating the motherboard's bios will correct whatever I changed that caused this problem. I'm not really a computer genius, can you tell me how to find out what kind of motherboard I have so I can begin my search for those bio updates?

 

See here: http://www.48bitlba.com/

 

http://www.maxtor.com/portal/site/M...tware Downloads/ATA Hard Drives&downloadID=11
if a maxtor drive see above, if not i'm sure other people make for there drives.

 

ok like i have said im A KNUCKLE HEAD BEEN READING AND READING AND STILL HAVE NOT resolved this problem which im usually pretty goood at im able to locate what types of motherboard,bios, etc etc etc using the everest i follow links it provides i guessmy next question is about flashing my bios cause i cant find an update ive been reading these forums and downloading programs isnt there just a easy fix it utility or something lol im kiddding but really is there below is some of my info if it helps


BIOS Properties
BIOS Type Award
Award BIOS Type Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Award BIOS Message Copyright 2003 by Hewlett-Packard Company Rev. 3.05
System BIOS Date 11/27/03
Video BIOS Date 08/04/03

BIOS Manufacturer
Company Name Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
Product Information http://www.phoenix.com/en/products/default.htm
BIOS Upgrades http://www.esupport.com/biosagent/index.cfm?refererid=40
Field Value
Motherboard Properties
Motherboard ID 11/27/2003-KM400-8237-6A6LYA0DC-00
Motherboard Name Asus A7V8X-LA (Kamet2)
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Motherboard Physical Info
CPU Sockets/Slots 1 Socket 462
Expansion Slots 3 PCI, 1 AGP
RAM Slots 2 DDR DIMM
Integrated Devices Audio, Video, LAN, IEEE-1394
Form Factor Micro ATX
Motherboard Size 240 mm x 240 mm
Motherboard Chipset KM400

Motherboard Manufacturer
Company Name ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
Product Information http://www.asus.com/products1.aspx?l1=3
BIOS Download http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us

 

might be quicker to pop it open to take a look which hard drive or right click c: and properties/ hardware/ then check relevant hard drive manufactuers site for update for larger drives >137gb