80GB Drive Seen As 32GB

[owensdj]

I put a new Western Digital 80GB IDE drive into a computer with an AOpen AX6BC motherboard and 550MHz PII processor. The BIOS setup detects the drive as 80GB, and the drive passes the Western Digital diagnostic scan without error.

When the computer boots, the POST reports the drive size as 32GB instead of the correct 80GB. I get an "error loading operating system" message during the first boot of Windows XP after an install.

I loaded the newest BIOS into the AX6BC motherboard, but even older versions of the BIOS are supposed to support 128GB and even larger hard drives. Any ideas why this board is having a problem? Thanks.

 

[Budman]

did you format Fat32?

try ntfs.


more info here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314463/EN-US/

 

[fstime]

The jumper on the HD is probably set to limit 32 GB.

Set it to master since you have your windows on it.

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: BouZouki
The jumper on the HD is probably set to limit 32 GB.

Set it to master since you have your windows on it.

that's not it,did you even read my link?

You cannot format a volume larger than 32 gigabytes (GB) in size using the FAT32 file system during the Windows XP installation process. Windows XP can mount and support FAT32 volumes larger than 32 GB (subject to the other limits), but you cannot create a FAT32 volume larger than 32 GB by using the Format tool during Setup. If you need to format a volume that is larger than 32 GB, use the NTFS file system to format it. Another option is to start from a Microsoft Windows 98 or Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me) Startup disk and use the Format tool included on the disk.

 

[fstime]

that's not it,did you even read my link?

No I didnt read your link but I didnt see anywhere in his post where he said he used fat32 to format either.

So I assumed he has his jumper on a 32gb limit because a lot of hard drives have that setting.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Heh, insteadof debating over this why not just wait till he responds?

 

[2Xtreme21]

That's weird. I have a 120GB that I formatted with FAT32 (it would keep crashing with NTFS).

 

[owensdj]

I *always* use NTFS for Windows XP and 2000. As far as I can tell, this drive doesn't have a jumper to limit it to 32GB. You can do that in Western Digital's Data Lifeguard Tools software. I checked in the software, and it wasn't limited.