Windows XP sees my 200 GB External HD as 127 GBs, ANY ideas? I read BOTH manuals, Nothing that deals with this situation

[PlatinumGold]

It's an External Case by Argosy, it's USB 2.0 480 mbps USB. they claim it supports up to 200 GB HD's. i've got it plugged into the USB and Win XP Pro sees it as ONLY 127 GB, anyone have any ideas?

I could really use some help on this one.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Do you have SP1?

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Also, try checking the manual that came with it.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: AgaBooga
Also, try checking the manual that came with it.

that came with the HD??

or the external enclosure?

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: AgaBooga
Do you have SP1?

yes, it is SP1

 

[PlatinumGold]

I read both manuals, neither deals with this particular situation.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Anyone??

btw, i read thru this thread and it didn't help either.

heres the thing, if it were the ide controller issue, i would just plug in the eide card they gave me with the HD, but this is going USB not IDE, so i don't know what else to try.

 

[The Green Bean]

i think its a case of the drive being FAT32....Try converting to NFTS....

 

[The Green Bean]

how many partitions?

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: hatim
i think its a case of the drive being FAT32....Try converting to NFTS....

nope, ntfs. i formatted it using disk manager in win xp pro.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: hatim
how many partitions?

1 partition

 

[Finnkc]

maybe you got ripped? sorry but it might be true ... where did you get it?

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: Finnkc
maybe you got ripped? sorry but it might be true ... where did you get it?

from dell.

 

[dshodson]

i would acquire partition magic and have it look at the drive
it will tell u how it is really partitioned
i suspect u have it partioned or that your md doesnt support that large of a drive and thus u need to partition it

D

 

[mcveigh]

use the big drive enabler from maxtor I had the same problem with a 180GB drive on my parents PC.
the 180GB drive was a IBM but this tool still worked.

http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/big_drive_enabler.htm

 

[bacillus]

Originally posted by: mcveigh
use the big drive enabler from maxtor I had the same problem with a 180GB drive on my parents PC.
the 180GB drive was a IBM but this tool still worked.

http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/big_drive_enabler.htm

nice link!

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: mcveigh
use the big drive enabler from maxtor I had the same problem with a 180GB drive on my parents PC.
the 180GB drive was a IBM but this tool still worked.

http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/big_drive_enabler.htm

i did this and it still didn't help.

i'm wondering if it isn't because i'm connecting to the PC via USB.

 

[dmw16]

like someone else said...get partition magic and try that. See if you can make two 100gig partitions...

Also, have you tried calling Dell?

-doug

 

[RichieZ]

the usb/ide bridge might not support >127GB drives. I kno that in my external enclosure if I use firewire it can go up to 250, but usb is only up to 127.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: dmw16
like someone else said...get partition magic and try that. See if you can make two 100gig partitions...

Also, have you tried calling Dell?

-doug

would dell support a western digital product?

and no, i haven't tried calling them. i'll do that tomorrow.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: RichieZ
the usb/ide bridge might not support >127GB drives. I kno that in my external enclosure if I use firewire it can go up to 250, but usb is only up to 127.

i'm not sure i understand your post. at the beginning you seem to be asking the question "does the ide/usb bridge support > 127 GB Drives", then the end of it you seem to be stating it as fact "But usb is only up to 127".

so which is it? do you know for a fact that USB won't support more than 127 GB?

 

[madthumbs]

I have the same problem with my usb2 drive. I didn't think much of it, and only use 120GB drives in it now. Bigger ones go in permanent.

 

[The Green Bean]

y even need ha Hdisk bigger than 60GB

 

[Confused]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: RichieZ
the usb/ide bridge might not support >127GB drives. I kno that in my external enclosure if I use firewire it can go up to 250, but usb is only up to 127.

i'm not sure i understand your post. at the beginning you seem to be asking the question "does the ide/usb bridge support > 127 GB Drives", then the end of it you seem to be stating it as fact "But usb is only up to 127".

so which is it? do you know for a fact that USB won't support more than 127 GB?

He's talking about his external enclosure, others may be different.


Confused

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: madthumbs
I have the same problem with my usb2 drive. I didn't think much of it, and only use 120GB drives in it now. Bigger ones go in permanent.

actually, this is what i'm going to do. replace my 120 with my 200 and put the 120 in the external, but it is annoying it won't work.