80 Gb format limit? [modified]
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I should know this, but I just can't recall, or Google up an answer. I have a 120 Gb Western Digital IDE drive that only formats to 80 Gb. I used it for some time in that state, then swapped it out for a 500 Gb unit (which formats to full capacity) and noticed that it was actually a 120 Gb drive. No matter what I've done, it just refuses to format (under XP) to more than 80 Gb. What the heck is going on, and how to I reclaim the other 60 Gb of disk? p.s. This is NTFS formatted.
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modified on Friday, August 15, 2008 8:23 PM
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I should know this, but I just can't recall, or Google up an answer. I have a 120 Gb Western Digital IDE drive that only formats to 80 Gb. I used it for some time in that state, then swapped it out for a 500 Gb unit (which formats to full capacity) and noticed that it was actually a 120 Gb drive. No matter what I've done, it just refuses to format (under XP) to more than 80 Gb. What the heck is going on, and how to I reclaim the other 60 Gb of disk? p.s. This is NTFS formatted.
QRZ? de WAØTTN
modified on Friday, August 15, 2008 8:23 PM
What's the exact model name?
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I should know this, but I just can't recall, or Google up an answer. I have a 120 Gb Western Digital IDE drive that only formats to 80 Gb. I used it for some time in that state, then swapped it out for a 500 Gb unit (which formats to full capacity) and noticed that it was actually a 120 Gb drive. No matter what I've done, it just refuses to format (under XP) to more than 80 Gb. What the heck is going on, and how to I reclaim the other 60 Gb of disk? p.s. This is NTFS formatted.
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modified on Friday, August 15, 2008 8:23 PM
NetDave wrote:
No matter what I've done, it just refuses to format (under XP) to more than 80 Gb. What the heck is going on, and how to I reclaim the other 60 Gb of disk?
Firttly I would have a look at the lable at the jumper settings. You may have a jumper set that limits the capacity, though I have only seen settings that limit to 32GB and not 80GB. Secondly, if that isn't the problem I would look at the drive using a 3rd party application like Acronis Disk Director (my preference), Norton Partition Magic or a freeware version of the same. It may be that XP has an issue with the partition table and something else can get past it.
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What's the exact model name?
Jörgen Andersson wrote:
What's the exact model name?
It's a Maxtore DiamondMax Plus 9, 120 GB ATA/133 HDD, model 6Y120PO. I just downloaded the manual this morning (I've had this drive for a while) and it mentions the really old 528 Mb and 8.4 Gb BIOS limit, but of course this is a modern MoBo, and neither of these limits is anywhere around the 80 Gb limit I'm seeing. I'll poke around on their Web site and see if I can find thier diagnostic/formatting disk download. -- Dave
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I should know this, but I just can't recall, or Google up an answer. I have a 120 Gb Western Digital IDE drive that only formats to 80 Gb. I used it for some time in that state, then swapped it out for a 500 Gb unit (which formats to full capacity) and noticed that it was actually a 120 Gb drive. No matter what I've done, it just refuses to format (under XP) to more than 80 Gb. What the heck is going on, and how to I reclaim the other 60 Gb of disk? p.s. This is NTFS formatted.
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modified on Friday, August 15, 2008 8:23 PM
Doh! I forgot to check the partitions. I was just formatted the thing from a command line, so I didn't see that there was a whole extra partition on the drive. I guess when I first partitioned the thing, years ago, I only set up an 80Gb partition, maybe reserving the other 40Gb for another O/S installation. I repartitioned and it's formatting now. Man, it's always the most fundamental stuff that bites you :doh:
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