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Maxtor max 10 200GB hdd ?

  • 29-01-2005 11:41am
    #1
    CoolNitro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 47 ✭


    hay I just bought a maxtor 200GB HDD last night and I just put it into my comp today but when I opened it up in partition magic it shows only 130,069.3MB :eek: now there has to be something wrong with that or am I just freting over nothing

    Is it normal for a 200GB HDD to be only 130,000MB ???


Comments

  • #2
    RicardoSmith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,259 ✭✭✭RicardoSmith


    Some PCs only support HD up to 130mb. You might need a new bios update or controller card to see all of the 200mb. Check out the specs of your motherboard.


  • #3
    CoolNitro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 47 ✭CoolNitro


    wtf omg noooooooooooooo I have the A7N8X non dlx it has no more bios updates than the one I have omfg does anyone know wether its my mobo or HDD.

    I was going to update to 64bit soon so if its the mobo its not really a problem but I would like to make sure its not the HDD


  • #4
    kmb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,723 ✭✭✭kmb


    Did you try downloading the maxtor utility?This will format and fdisk it.


  • #5
    CoolNitro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 47 ✭CoolNitro


    well partition magic should show me the right info as it has never been wrong before and plus I dont want to format it just in case the shop wont take it back after


  • #6
    kmb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,723 ✭✭✭kmb


    You need 48 bit support and your board has it.

    http://www.asus.com/support/english/techref/48bithdd/index.aspx


    So use maxtor utility and your away.


    regds kieran


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  • #7
    CoolNitro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 47 ✭CoolNitro


    thx for the info on the mobo and the maxtor utility's but I dont suppose there is anyother way to go around it as i dont have a floppy drive or any disks for that matter to use the utility's


  • #8
    CoolNitro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 47 ✭CoolNitro


    omg I feal like a noob again I forgot to go into bios to check it and when I did bingo there was 203GB HDD now all I have to do is get windows to figger out thats it is 200gigs

    Thx for the help hmm now to find that old FDD


  • #9
    Ciaran500
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,225 ✭✭✭Ciaran500


    To format just go to control panel>administrative tools>disk managment and everything you nee should be in there.

    Partition magic can also format it for you.


  • #10
    CoolNitro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 47 ✭CoolNitro


    FIXED thx guys but it was another utility the big_drive_enabler that did it with no floppy needed :D here is a link so anyone with the same problem can fix it easly big_drive_enabler


  • #11
    kmb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,723 ✭✭✭kmb


    What windows do you have?XP,WIN98?


    REGDS KIERAN

    Oh your sorted,good.I forgot about that enabler even though i used it previously.


    Good Luck!


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