ok got a new HDD but windows does not see it right!

[waggy]

ok i got a Seagate Barracuda ES ST3400620NS 400GB. the bios finds it as a 400gb but windows finds it as a 140 GB drive.


am i missing something with XP? or maybe the drive bad? any ideas?

 

[alphawolf010]

updated to SP2? Prolly a dumb question with your post count. Also check your disk management (control panel --> administrative tools --> computer management --> storage --> local disk) and see if u can resize your partition

 

[waggy]

thanks!

i could'nt resize the partition but was able to get the rest as a diffrent drive. kinda sucks but at least i have it heh

oh post count means nothing besides i have no life! heh

 

[stogez]

Thats an easy fix. If you don't have any data on the drive. Just delete both partitions and format the drive. Then create one big partition. The only reason I can think of that it had a 140GB partition already on it is that it was a customer return or something. Otherwise all new drives come unpartitioned.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Did you partition it as FAT32? I thought there was a 140GB limit for it.

 

[MegaVovaN]

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
Did you partition it as FAT32? I thought there was a 140GB limit for it.

No, the limit for FAT32 partition is not 137gb - I have a partition about 250gb in size that's FAT32.
Windows XP SP1 can't "see" partitions above 137gb, FAT32 or NTFS, unless you install service pack 2. Then it will be able to see gigantic partitions.

post count: it's probably from off-topic, where it grows much faster than in tech/help section.

 

[Matthias99]

Windows XP SP1 can't "see" partitions above 137gb, FAT32 or NTFS, unless you install service pack 2. Then it will be able to see gigantic partitions.

There's actually a separate patch you can install (search for "48-bit LBA") if for some bizarre reason you don't want to go to SP2. But unless you have specific reasons for not taking the full SP2 package, I'd do that. I'm not sure if you can get all the security updates if you don't have SP2 installed.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
Did you partition it as FAT32? I thought there was a 140GB limit for it.

it was NTFS

Originally posted by: stogez
Thats an easy fix. If you don't have any data on the drive. Just delete both partitions and format the drive. Then create one big partition. The only reason I can think of that it had a 140GB partition already on it is that it was a customer return or something. Otherwise all new drives come unpartitioned.

yeah i had installed XP already. really don't want to redo it heh.