recently baught a 200 gig harddrive put it in pc but the pc wont recognise it, is there anything i can do



I am using windows xp pro service pack 2

Are you saying the BIOS won't recognize it? Or XP?

Is it a SATA or IDE/ATA?

both

its IDE

If the BIOS doesn't see it you might need to upgrade the BIOS.

Older motherboards have limitations on drive size.

What is the make and model of the motherboard?

not sure about the make or model, its a fujitsu siemens scenic x102 pc i baught it in june.

I am having a hard time narrowing down the limitations there:

Fujitsu Siemens scenic x102
http://support.fujitsu-siemens.com/c...downloads.html

Hard Drive Capacity 80 GB

Hard Drive Interface DMA/ATA-100 (Ultra)

Controller Type DMA/ATA-100 (Ultra)


http://www.dealtime.co.uk/xPF-Fujits...GB_DVD_XP_HOME

The ATA 100 might be just as limiting as the size. I would assume your new drive is ATA 133?

Anyway I will continue to search. You can check from the Fujitsu Siemens' site whether or not you have the latest BIOS but they were all 2005/06.

Also are you sure that the jumpers are set correctly?

on the harddrive it says no jumper for slave

Check that the Master is set to Master and not Cable Select.

the master is set as master,

on the bios boot screen it says

boot sequence
-harddrive
WBC8008BB-55JKC0-(PM)
ALTERNATE DEVICE
!IDE DRIVE 4: