In my experience Hdd boot sectors can be mysterious and problematic, especially when they contain a proprietary overlay. I have had overlayed drives that would not be recognized in a different computer even after a reformat because of the non-standard boot sector info. Only fix was to write...
The original XP only sees 137GB of any drive (131GB in practice). You need to install XP SP2 or VIA_IDE_MPD_V320b to see the full drive capacity in Windows. The VIA IDE tool performs a similar function to the Intel Application Accelerator in this regard.
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