48 bit LBA is not supported by windows as default.

Service packs and Registry hacks are REQUIRED to format a drive this size and it must be NTFS if you do an install from a 2000 or XP cd.

http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/iaa/sb/cs-009299.htm

You can use the Intel® Application Accelerator to access the full capacity of hard drives that are larger than 137GB on supported Intel® chipsets with a supported operating system. The Intel Application Accelerator supports hard drives that are greater than 137GB -- which is also referred to as 48-bit logical block addressing (LBA).

Windows* XP, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows 98 SE, Windows 98, and Windows NT* 4.0 do not provide native support for hard drives that are larger than 137GB. 48-bit LBA support can be added with Windows* XP Service Pack 1 †and Windows* 2000 Service Pack 4 †. Please contact Microsoft* for additional information. In order to enable hard drives larger than 137GB, you will need to install the Intel Application Accelerator or install a 3rd party 48-bit LBA controller card.

Although the Intel Application Accelerator supports 48-bit LBA hard drives, it is not designed to, nor is it capable of, modifying partition sizes. When using Windows* Me, Windows 98 SE, or Windows 98 you may need to install a 3rd party hard drive partitioning software such as PartitionMagic* or Partition Commander* in order to increase the partition size to the hard drive's full capacity.

Thanks for the reply.

Now I have another problem. I bought a Seagate 250GB hard drive. But I don't know how to connect as the old hard drive is of E IDE. What kind of cable is needed and what kind of port, etc is need.

Any help in this regard is highly appreciated.

Thanks,

If its SATA you may not be able to hook up due to no SATA ports.

You can use the CDROM IDE channel to mount your old drive temporarily.

To use SATA on non SATA you need an IDE to SATA bridge board.