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2nd harddrive
Name: Psyi Date: August 2, 2004 at 10:21:16 Pacific OS: XP Proffessional CPU/Ram: 2.0Ghz/1ghz ram
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Hi I have 2400xp Amd computer with 120gigs of harddrive space, i just recently bought a new 160gig harddrive and its showing up as 38 thats a problem, I have the 160 set up as a secondary slave to the 120 because i have a lot of music files on the 120 gig harddrive any answers would greatly help, Thank you
Name: karunt Date: August 2, 2004 at 11:19:15 Pacific
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make sure the jumpers are setup to not limit the drive to 38 gig, also check with your HDD manufacturer and see if they have a program that enables larger disks. There is a maxtor utility but ive never tested it with any other brands of HDDs.
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Response Number 2
Name: Psyi Date: August 2, 2004 at 19:28:23 Pacific
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thank you, how do you set jumpers so that they won't be limited, and also I just did an analysis of my computer and it says on the 160g hdd I have 153 usable space, and the other I have 84 which is pretty much exactly right, so how do I get it to sjow on my system, also thank you again
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Response Number 3
Name: NAN Date: August 3, 2004 at 01:48:07 Pacific
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Have XP Sp1???? If yes..then you need a IDE controller card since your mobo can't support larger than 137GB. About jumper...you can take a look around the hard drive..they have picture showing you how to set jumper.
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