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Lost Hard Drive Space

  • 15-03-2006 9:43pm
    #1
    kin9pin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 959 ✭✭✭


    Hi Guys,
    My 120GB hard drive is only showing up with 32GB capacity. Any ideas how I can recover the lost storage?
    It's a spare drive so no data on it and it's not partitioned.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Thx


Comments

  • #2
    Cal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 926 ✭✭✭Cal


    Format the drive using NTFS and if that is not the issue then upgrade your BIOS.

    Both can be the cause of a 32 GB limit.

    Cal.


  • #3
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Also, what OS are you running? Afaik though, even Win 98 can see 127GB, so your most likely culprit is an out of date BIOS.


  • #4
    Cal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 926 ✭✭✭Cal


    seamus wrote:
    Also, what OS are you running? Afaik though, even Win 98 can see 127GB, so your most likely culprit is an out of date BIOS.

    Altough Win 98 can see greater than the 32GB, Win 2K & XP can only format upto 32GB in FAT32. FAT32 can be upto 127GB but not if formatted by Win 2K or XP.

    I get the feeling they want us to use NTFS.:)

    Cal.


  • #5
    kin9pin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 959 ✭✭✭kin9pin


    Thanks. I'm using XP, don't think it's the BIOS as I already have a 200GB drive in there and that's fine.
    I had taken this drive out, but I'll install it again now and format NTFS. I'l let you know how I get on.
    Cheers


  • #6
    tman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭tman


    right click on my computer and go to manage, then disk managment.
    you should be able to tell if the drive has been recognised properly there


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  • #7
    kin9pin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 959 ✭✭✭kin9pin


    tman wrote:
    right click on my computer and go to manage, then disk managment.
    you should be able to tell if the drive has been recognised properly there

    Just formatted, but no change. Status is healthy, NTFS, Capacity 31.48GB?? Maybe I'll have to buy another HD?


  • #8
    johny28
    Closed Accounts Posts: 90 ✭✭johny28


    kin9pin wrote:
    Just formatted, but no change. Status is healthy, NTFS, Capacity 31.48GB?? Maybe I'll have to buy another HD?
    OK, try this mate;go to disk cleanup and more options then clean up the system restore because sometimes windows xp setting aside too much room for system restore.

    if this does not work go to the websitge of the machine manufacture and download the bios on to a floppy disk and follow the instruction to upgrade it.
    (make sure you backup everything before proceeding with this process)

    however before doing this have a look at the bios options and see how the ide drives settings are.

    thanks


  • #9
    tman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭tman


    kin9pin wrote:
    Just formatted, but no change. Status is healthy, NTFS, Capacity 31.48GB?? Maybe I'll have to buy another HD?

    is it showing any unpartitioned space though?


  • #10
    kin9pin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 959 ✭✭✭kin9pin


    tman wrote:
    is it showing any unpartitioned space though?

    Nope, that's what I can't understand.


  • #11
    Cal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 926 ✭✭✭Cal


    Check the jumper settings on the Drive. You could have the 32GB limit jumper set.

    Cal.


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  • #12
    kin9pin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 959 ✭✭✭kin9pin


    Cal wrote:
    Check the jumper settings on the Drive. You could have the 32GB limit jumper set.

    Cal.
    Thanks Cal, I just logged on to say I had the jumpers set to clip to 32GB :o
    Didn't even know there was that option.

    Thanks to everyone for your help, saved me buying a new one.


  • #13
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,563 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    kin9pin wrote:
    Thanks Cal, I just logged on to say I had the jumpers set to clip to 32GB :o
    Didn't even know there was that option.

    Thanks to everyone for your help, saved me buying a new one.
    LOL

    I can remember someone nearly in tears trying to setup a Novell 3.12 fileserver. Monster of a machine 486 with 16MB RAM and a 1GB SCSI drive.

    That's when we discovered that some SCSI HDD's had a write protect jumper :rolleyes:


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