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problem with 250 GB hard drive
Name: g4_ry Date: August 31, 2003 at 15:20:52 Pacific OS: Windows 2000 CPU/Ram: AMD athlon Xp 1800+ / 256
Comment:
a while ago I bought a 250 Gb Maxtor hard drive, and after partitioning it (using Partition Magic) it only shows up as 127Gb. Any suggestions on what is wrong or how to fix it ?
Name: Brad Date: August 31, 2003 at 15:31:32 Pacific
Reply:
do you have a raid/IDE controller card installed and the hard drive runnning off of it. Motherboards do not recongize more than 137GB of space unless you have a controller card.
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Response Number 2
Name: SkipCox Date: August 31, 2003 at 15:39:46 Pacific
Reply:
Try using MaxBlast to partition/format.
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Response Number 3
Name: hwood Date: August 31, 2003 at 16:10:23 Pacific
Reply:
G4_ry:
You cannot access the full capacity of a hard drive greater than 120/137gig unless you have a controller that supports 48-bit LBA. Check for a BIOS upgrade for your motherboard that supports 48-bit LBA (they may or may not have a BIOS upgrade with 48-bit LBA support) or buy a separate 48-bit LBA controller.
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