My first 160gb...127gb = largest partition size?

[MIDIman]

Since I've never bought anything over 120gb, curious...is it still an issue of having a single partition over 132gb? I have an Epox 8kha+ and just bought a Seagate 7200.7 8mb 160gb from CompUSA (pray for the rebate...). I went through the normal installation of WinXP, NTFS file system, it didn't do a full 160gb partition - something quite a bit smaller - 127gb / 137,427,943,424 bytes.

 

[Sunner]

I don't know of that mobo can handle 48bit LBA.
I had it myself, and when I was looking at a new HD, I looked around Epox's site to see if it could handle it, but I found no mention of it, which I interpret as no support.

 

[peter7921]

I have two 120 GB set up in a RAID 0 array. I have one big 223GB(240GB) partition. So i don't see why you can't make one big partition. I used windows XP to make it too, not a third party program like Partition magic.

 

[MIDIman]

Originally posted by: peter7921
I have two 120 GB set up in a RAID 0 array. I have one big 223GB(240GB) partition. So i don't see why you can't make one big partition. I used windows XP to make it too, not a third party program like Partition magic.

as Sunner mentioned - perhaps its not supported by my mobo.

guess i'll partition a second space - maybe two 80gb? thx, and thank god for Win2k/XP disk management!

 

[Pariah]

Originally posted by: peter7921
I have two 120 GB set up in a RAID 0 array. I have one big 223GB(240GB) partition. So i don't see why you can't make one big partition. I used windows XP to make it too, not a third party program like Partition magic.

ATA size limits do not apply to RAID arrays, only the individual drives within the array.

 

[StraightPipe]

this disk should come with a bios update, if not then you'll probly be ok. will it let you run the whole thing in one part?

 

[gnumantsc]

Try getting a bios updated I originally didn't know what the heck 48bit HDD meant but I applied the latest bios anywho to my nforce1 board. So That should fix your problem

 

[bigshooter]

I have an Epox 8KHA+ and I can assure you that it supports disks over 127GB. Have you checked to see what size of disk is detected in bios? If it doesn't detect the entire size, then you need to upgrade the bios to something recent. On top of that you MUST have service pack 1 for WinXP installed in order for the OS to use the full size. You may still only be able to install to a 127GB partition, but you can extend it after you install the service pack.

 

[MIDIman]

You may still only be able to install to a 127GB partition, but you can extend it after you install the service pack.

HOW? I don't see this option anywhere in WinXP (yup, SP-1 installed). Current BIOS = 11/2002. BIOS says 160gb.

 

[KhoiFather]

I had the same problem as you before when I was first trying to install my 160GB HD. I had to use an ATA Controller card that came with my HD to get it to work right and when I installed XP Pro, I had to push ehhh F6 when it said something like if you need to install a 3rd party scsi card blah blah push F6 and I pushed it. Then it asked me if I had the driver to install it and I popped in the floppy that came with the card and installed it. After that, everything was nice and fineeeeeeeeee. WOooohooooo!!!!

 

[MIDIman]

i'm able to install a 21gb partition, but curious how i can still make a 160gb partition within windows without reformatting.

 

[MIDIman]

Originally posted by: MIDIman
i'm able to install a 21gb partition, but curious how i can still make a 160gb partition within windowsXP without reformatting.

anybody?

 

[Pariah]

Disk Management will allow you to partition and format any part of the drive that isn't if it is being properly detected.

 

[MIDIman]

Originally posted by: Pariah
Disk Management will allow you to partition and format any part of the drive that isn't if it is being properly detected.

Right - but it won't let me add to the 132gb that already exists - I have two now. Is there anyway to do that?

Again - WinXP setup couldnt detect it as any more than 132gb, but BIOS says 160, and I now have one 127gb partition and one 21gb partition. I want to make this all as one without reinstalling windows

 

[Pariah]

You can't expand partitions using Windows built-in utilities. One 160GB partition that contains your OS is a really bad idea anyway, but if that's what you want, Partition Magic might do it.

 

[MIDIman]

Originally posted by: Pariah
You can't expand partitions using Windows built-in utilities. One 160GB partition that contains your OS is a really bad idea anyway, but if that's what you want, Partition Magic might do it.

Explain - how big should the partition be for the OS only, and why?

If anything I'll grab Partition Magic (haven't used it in years, so I'll probably just buy an updated version), bring the primary partition down in size, then make a new one that includes the current unused space.

 

[iluvdeal]

Just make the OS partition large enough to fit the OS and all the programs/apps/etc you want to install. The reasoning is, if you ever need to reinstall your OS, instead of having to format the partition that also stores all your music, video, data, etc. you just format the part that contains the reinstallable stuff.