windows only reading half my HD... HELP

[Jon/xpm]

AMD 64 3800 X2
MSI K8N Diamond Plus
Thermaltake tsuanmi
benq 1655 / sony dvd drive
eVGA 7800gt N17
Sony Floppy Drive
Antec True Power 2 550
2GB (1gb x2) Corsair Value Ram (already have)
WD 250gb 16mb HD Model WD2500KS
windows xp pro

I hooked up a sata power cord and sata cord to the mobo
i installed os... but only reads as 160

What did i do wrong?

 

[clickclickw00t]

AMD 64 3800 X2
MSI K8N Diamond Plus
Thermaltake tsuanmi
benq 1655 / sony dvd drive
eVGA 7800gt N17
Sony Floppy Drive
Antec True Power 2 550
2GB (1gb x2) Corsair Value Ram (already have)
WD 250gb 16mb HD Model WD2500KS
windows xp pro

I hooked up a sata power cord and sata cord to the mobo
i installed os... but only reads as 160

What did i do wrong?

You need to update your system to Service Pack 1, or 2

 

[Jon/xpm]

I also read up on something about installing drivers from a floppy and doing something before i install windows because of the sata

do i need to format and do this option or ?

 

[unhappy_mage]

This sounds like a formatting problem, not a driver or hardware one. What does Disk Management (control panel->admin tools->comp mgmt->disk mgmt) show about the drive? The "problem area" is at 130 gb, not 160. If you mistyped and it's 130, install or slipstream (google it) XP to SP2.

 

[Jon/xpm]

I have updated the computer to SP 2 but that did not resolve the problem
Hard drive shows 120 gb free and 7.89 gb used