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Western Digital Caviar

  • 19-02-2005 4:11pm
    #1
    Radix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭


    I bought a 200GB WDC HDD and its only being picked up as a 127GB!!??? wtf?
    I tried it on 2 different computers (one of them being new) an still the same ****! I wonder is it just labelled wrongly?? :confused:


Comments

  • #2
    Chalk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,315 ✭✭✭Chalk


    http://www.largeharddrivesupport.windowsreinstall.com/


  • #3
    aidan_dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,265 ✭✭✭aidan_dunne


    By default, Windows can't detect hard drives larger in capacity than 127GB. You need to enable large hard-drive detection in order to use the full capacity of the disk.

    Handiest thing to do is check out the manufacturers website. They usually have a utility you can download which will enable large disk detection and will also partition and format the drive for you. I know this is the case with Maxtor and Seagate drives, anyway, so I'm sure WD have something on their website for Caviar drives as well.


  • #4
    Mutant_Fruit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,943 ✭✭✭Mutant_Fruit


    WARNING: DO NOT DO THIS ON OLD MOTHERBOARDS.

    If you enable large drive support on a motherboard without native 48bit LBA support, you will feck up your data as soon as you try and write data beyond the 127gb mark. Make sure your motherboard has support for 48bit LBA before you enable large disc support.


  • #5
    minikin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,983 ✭✭✭minikin


    sounds like you've an older motherboard - what's the make/model?
    had this problem with an old G4 i bought - only recognised the first 127gb of a 160gb drive. You can get a pci card that you connect the drive to, this means you get access to the entire drive.

    Might be cheaper to get a newer motherboard - just do your homework first - make sure it's compatible with your processor, ram, p.s.u. etc


  • #6
    Mutant_Fruit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,943 ✭✭✭Mutant_Fruit


    best way to check if the motherboard is able to read past 127gb is to go into your bios, and see what size the drive is recognised as being. If the bios recognises it as a 160gb drive, then you're free to apply the fix to windows. If the bios DOES NOT recognise it as 160gb, don't apply the fix.

    If the bios doesn't report drive size, then tell us what motherboard you have. If you don't know that, find out the make/model of your computer and we can try and help.


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  • #7
    tman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭tman


    are you using windows xp? and if so, do you have sp1 installed?

    kind of redundant question...


  • #8
    po0k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,817 ✭✭✭✭po0k


    Denis, ask Tim.


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