Maxtor and WD 160 gig only formatting as 128 gig?

[res0n0xg]

i realize that windows has the issue where it can only detect 137 gig max. i have an ATA controller card that came with my WD hard drive that i was using. somehow along the lines each of the drives were formatted not using the controller card. now when each drive is plugged back into the controller card neither of them can be formatted to utilize their full capacities. please help as i really want my storage space back. i am using windows xp pro.

 

[res0n0xg]

bump, come on guys, i know someone knows what the problem is. i just don't have that much experience with high volume drives like this so i really don't know how to get that extra space back on each drive. im still at work and was hoping to have a sure fire solution before i had to leave today.

 

[clarkmo]

"ou need SP1 to access a disk/partition above the 137GB limit. SP1 contains support for 48-bit LBA which is required to address space above 137GB. Check out your bios as well."

"If the computer's bios is capable of larger than 137 GB, XP SP2 will handle drives much larger than 137 GB if formatted as NTFS. The only real drawback to XP is the 32 GB limit if formatting as FAT 32

If SP 1 or 2 has been slipstreamed (either by the manufacturer of the CD or the owner of the computer) into the XP installation CD you can create a larger than 137 GB boot drive. If SP 1 or 2 has not been slipstreamed your maximum partition size (that can be formatted) for your boot disk is 137 GB. You can use Partition magic or other software to increase the size of the boot partition later.

Now, if you add a hard disk larger than 137 GB to a pre SP1 system it will also partition and format to no larger than 137 GB. Post SP1 or SP2 you can format it as large as the drive's native size.

You cannot format a partition FAT32 with native Windows XP utilities larger than 32GB in size. Windows XP can utilize partitions larger than 32GB, but it cannot create them. You can actually utilize a 2 Terabyte partition (FAT32) using Windows XP - but you will have to format it with something other than Windows XP."
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[res0n0xg]

thanks man, i was using an original windows xp cd to format the hard drives. that must be why. i guess i can either find an updated version of xp or just find some software to format my drives for me.