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Hard drive showing wrong size in BIOS

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bamx2

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I recently installed an 2004 vintage 160 GB Seagate Barracuda HD in PC system with a 2007 vintage mobo . The BIOS correctly identified the make and model but shows the size to be 34 GB . I tried another drive ( WD 120 GG ) and it the BIOS showed the correct size . What is the problem with the first one ? - Thanks
 
The first one seems like it may have the size limit jumper set (used with really old systems that can't deal with large drives). Download the Seagate drive utilities and "zero fill" the drive and reset the jumper. Then perhaps do another "zero fill". You should then have the full size back. Though sometimes an internal setting in the drive's firmware gets locked somehow and the jumper won't do it. Then you will have to contact Seagate to find out how to reset the firmware to factory defaults.
You'll probably have to check the drive documentation on the Seagate site to find out which jumper is the one for size limiting.

.bh.
 
The size limit jumper is not on the drive . It is something else . I did not see that zero fill option in the Seatools for Dos program but will look again . - Thanks
 
They sometimes erroneously call the "zero fill" function "low level format". It looks like Seagate calls it "Erase Drive".

.bh.
 
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