60GB IBM - only 31.4GB after format?

[Akerman]

I have a 2-month old 60GXP 60GB drive, on a totally new EPoX 8KHA+ motherboard.
- I booted up with windows 98 from cd-rom, and used FDISK to erase the old partition, and then
create a new one, with the largest size possible. So I boot into windows XP, and just right-click
on the drive-letter, and choose format - FAT32 - it formats alright, but after the format
only 31.4GB is available - why ? and how do I attain the whole 60GB?

 

[Akerman]

btw, my harddisk setup is as follows:

primary master: IBM 40GB (registers as 38.3GB) - c: drive
primary slave: IBM 60GB (registers as 31.4GB) - e: drive
secondary master: HP CD-Writer - d: drive

 

[SammyBoy]

im guessing it has something to do with large disk support....dont really know.

use partitionmagic and see if it registers as a lot of unallocated space/
sorry i cant answer.

bump for you

 

[Steven the Leech]

I have a 60g on the 8kha+ and it reads 55.8g capacity. I would A:get partition magic and resize the drive, or B; fdisk/delete partitions and make a new one, you may want to get a drive test program and verify the drive is OK,

 

[bacillus]

try using fdisk again & choose option 4 to view partition info on the hdd!
the other possibility is that the hdd has a capacity limiting jumper at its rear which needs to be removed in order to see the full volume of the hdd! the jumper usually limits the available size to 32Gb.

 

[AndyHui]

Note that Windows 2000 and Windows XP cannot format FAT32 partitions larger than 32GB.

If you want to format it, you must do so under Win98, Win98SE or WinME. Under these OSes, you can format up to 128GB FAT32 partitions.

The other option you have is to go with NTFS.

For more information, please read my FAQ, FAT32 vs NTFS

 

[Haribo]

<< The other option you have is to go with NTFS. >>



it's not an option.. just do it!

ntfs kicks fat32's ass.

 

[ku]

i dont know if somebody else said this cuz i didn't read al the replies.. but:

Win2k and WinXP can't read FAT partitions over 32gb. I suggest you convert it to NTFS

 

[AndyHui]

<< Win2k and WinXP can't read FAT partitions over 32gb. >>

Incorrect.

Win2K and WinXP will read ANY FAT32 partition, all the way up to the 127GB limit. It simply cannot FORMAT a FAT32 partition greater than 32GB.

 

[Amik]

Since Windows XP won't format anything larger then a 32 gigabyte partition then why not boot with a DOS disk and format it from the DOS Prompt? Sounds like a reasonable solution to me.

 

[wfbberzerker]

i can understand not being able to format over 32gb, but why is one drive being formatted as 38.3gb?

 

[Yihaa]

If you have a Win98/ME start-up disk, boot to it, run fdisk, and reformat the whole drive. Then install win2000/XP on top of it.

 

[SUOrangeman]

The 32GB FAT32 format limit in WIn2K and WinXP is Microsoft's persuasion to use NTFS. That is the ONLY reason the limit exists.

-SUO

 

[Noriaki]

<< i can understand not being able to format over 32gb, but why is one drive being formatted as 38.3gb? >>

He didn't say he had just created the 38.3GB partition. If that was created in Win98 then it will be fine and WinXP/2000 can use it fine. It's only if he tries to create a FAT32 partition in WinXP/2000 that the limitation comes into effect.

 

[cuteybunny]

Not up to 128gb, you have mistaken. it is 64gb as the allocation unit has a maximum of 2megs not 4megs.
so 2,048,000 allocation unit times 32k cluster equal 64gigabyte. but NTFS is capable of 128gb since it can use 64k cluster while fat32 can't, this is what make NTFS more attractive to server user but is most inefficient. much like fat16 vs NTFS16, where NTFS16 can have a max of 4gig while fat16 is only 2gig prior to fat32.



<< Note that Windows 2000 and Windows XP cannot format FAT32 partitions larger than 32GB.

If you want to format it, you must do so under Win98, Win98SE or WinME. Under these OSes, you can format up to 128GB FAT32 partitions.

The other option you have is to go with NTFS.

For more information, please read my FAQ, FAT32 vs NTFS >>

 

[BeauJangles]

<<

<< The other option you have is to go with NTFS. >>



it's not an option.. just do it!

ntfs kicks fat32's ass. >>



Ugh, after all the problems I had trying to install XP to an NTFS partition, i would beg to differ. FAT32 is '1337'

 

[AndyHui]

cuteybunny:: I ask you to read the FAQ. The explanation for the maximum size is given in that.