160 GB HDD but only shows 130 GB???

[cp4720]

Hi,

I need help here:
I have a new hard disk of 160GB but when it is showing 130 GB only. The weird thing here is BIOS still showing 160 GB..so where are the 30GB gone?

I hav read this thread thread751-739755...can it be the same case ...but it involves 30 GB...thats too much right?

I hope to get reply from all of you soon.

Thanks in advance

 

[Freestone]

See if this helps:

http://www.adrc.net/articles/137gb.htm

 

[TekTippy4U]

Another similar link but with a 'Walk thru' process..(choose OS and go to remedy)

http://www.48bitlba.com/help.htm

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[cp4720]

Hi,

Thanks for the wonderful help.
Now I would know what to do then.

After I have this problem with the 160 GB, I then put back the old hard disk which is 40GB. But once this is done, suddenly everything goes wrong. Even the 40GB is not detected anymore. Its asking for formatting..so I went for the formatting. But when wanna to install the XP, it keep restarting and asking for XP installation again even though it has install it before the restart. This going round and round.

Would it be the 160GB that cause this problem and it makes this 40GB to go wrong too?

Thanks for the help in advance.

 

[wolluf]

1. Did you sort out the 160GB issue?

2. When you put 40GB drive back in - on its own or with 160 still present?

3. Did you have any issues with 40Gb before you had 160 drive?

You have got jumpers set correctly? If yes, it sounds like a hardware problem - but more info would be useful.

 

[cdogg]

Also, what file system are you choosing to format the drive? NTFS or FAT32?

In older operating systems like Win98 or Win2K, you could partition a very large FAT32 drive if you wished. However with XP's setup routine, it won't allow more than 40GB (or maybe it's 60GB) per partition.

So in other words, make sure you're doing NTFS.

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[TekTippy4U]

Also if the 160GB drive came with formatting software disc, such as MaxBlast...you DO NOT use this for formatting the 160GB nor the 40GB..
What are the names and models of both discs??

XP will create the Partitions and Format , except for the limitation that cdogg says(it's the Fdisk version included with XP that won't allow a partition larger than 40GB using Fat32 only) So use NTFS anyway for simplicity and security..
(A win98/ME Fdisk version will alow you to create a Fat32 any size up to 2TB or there abouts)

Did you create a Primary Partition /s BEFORE trying to Format??
Did you make the Primary Partition Active??
need answers to all above questions, those from wolluf too

TT4U

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