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160GB HDD detected as 33,821MB

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skyeclad

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My previous HDD was failing so I just went out and bought a new Hitachi 160GB HDD for my Asus a8n-e mobo. I noticed that the bios is detecting as a 33,821MB HDD. So I upgrade the bios to the latest 1006 version. No change.

Hitachi's Disk Manager software detects drive based on what the BIOS says so no help there. Am I doing something wrong. Is it possible that I set the jumpers wrong? I wanted the drive to bethe primary master and it seems like that's working. Why would a brand new BIOS not detect a new HDD correctly and what can I do about this?
 
Double check your jumpers. There is usually a 32GB clip on there somewhere, which will limit the drive size to about what you're seeing.


And your title and post say different things; I'm assuming the title is right.
Title: 33,821MB
Post: 133,821MB
 
You're right it is 33 not 133. I'll edit the previous post and more importantly, look to see how my jumpers are set! Thanks.
 
Well, it looks like I had the jumpers set to Master Drive (alternate capacity) or something like that. I changed the jumpers and the drive was detected at it's fully capacity.

Since I had already used Disk Manager to create a single 40GB partition, I decided on keeping it at 40GB until I installed the OS. Actually Disk Manager suggested to create a smaller partition until it could change the OS to support large HDD's and then run the Disk Manager for Windows.

Well, Disk Manager for Windows says that it doesn't re-partition boot drives. Well isn't that conflicting advice? Would Partition Magic work better for re-partitioning and formatting the remainder of the drive?
 
Is the boot partiotion created using Hitachi's Disk Manager or was it done in Windows setup? A lot of those post-BIOS / pre-OS middleware programs fsck up partitions and data over time when you switch to normal HDD jumper operation. Your best bet would be a reinstall, but if you don't want to do that, use Partition Magic or even Ghost whatever to fill out the drive. Make sure you wipe out any non-Partition Magic drive management partition, though.
 
if you don't have critical data on the drive, just go for a full reformat at the drive's full capacity. partition correctly using the windows setup, and go from there.
 
I don't know if Disk Manager, which is actually made by Ontrack, has a bios extender or creates any special partitions. I was being a bonehead though when I fixed the jumper issue and then went back to Disk Manager when I should just have loaded the Win XP disk.

I think I'll see how Partition Magic treats me. I don't have much in the way of critical data but it was hours of installation and set-up that I'd rather not go through again soon.
 
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