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How can I make windows 98 register my 30 gig HD as 30 gigs instead of 6. Do I need to partition something or update something? Walk me through, I need baby steps....:)
Email if you can. I might not check the site for a while
Well If you bother to check back and find your post , please add some machine details info as per instructions at the top of the page.
The mind readers quit finding that info for us, and there is no generic 'one size fits all' PC setup.
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yes, searching the internet is half the fun
as far as what to do.If you want to resize the parttion you'll most likely need a third party software.
such as partition magic or system commander.
and they cost.
you be better off using the money to buy a new drive to copy the drive to while you fdisk the first hard drive.If you don't mind starting over then just repartition it with Fdisk.
or now that I think of it you might just have to add a extended partition and logical drive.
having partitions in my opinion is a good idea.
some links
Upgrading Linksas if can't seem to get anywhere with fdisk
you might try a more drastic measure and goto your hard drives website for utilites.I would get the utilites even if your not planning to use them right now.
That way you have them.
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When I boot the computer, it shows it as a 30 gig HD. I have a 6 gig HD I also installed. So I use both. My computer is a celeron 400 with 196 Ram. Windows 98. not SE. I went to Maxtor's website. It is a diamond Max Plus 45. 30.7 gig HD. I couldnt find anything on there and contacted them but I have to wait for a response. I guess the bios recognizes it cuz its there at the beginning.
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you can get powermax to test
just don't use the low level format unless you want to start over.
http://www.maxtor.com/SoftwareDownload/default.htmalso you can use Fdisk to view partitions
this might give you a better idea of what's going on
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ALright check this out.
I did fdisk /status
Result?
Drive C:
capacity 29298 megs (29 gig)
Free? 23195 megs.
Usage 21 %Why does this realize I have it and everything is cool but windows doesnt. HELP!
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Try this: Go to the Device Manager and remove the drive. Then reboot. Windows will redetect the drive.
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I dont have the installation disk. It didnt come with one. I think thats my problem in the first place. As of right now it just says its a generic Ide type 47 Hard Drive. Wouldnt it just do that again if I dont have the disk?
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At the top of the page in the product finder box select your drive
http://maxtor.com/Maxtorhome.htm
============================================================
(Specifications subject to change without notice)Maxtors' DiamondMax® Plus 45 Family
3.5" EIDE / Ultra DMA/100 Drives
Model Numbers 54610H6, 54098H6, 53073H4,
52049H3, 51536H2, 51369H2, 51023H2
============================================================KEY FEATURES:
* Fast ATA/Enhanced IDE compatible
* Digital Signal Processor (DSP)-Based Architecture
* Ultra ATA/100 Data Transfer Rate
* 2 MB SDRAM Cache Buffer
* <8.7 ms Seek TimeSECTOR ADDRESS TRANSLATION:
-+
| Model | CYLS | HD |~LZ| SPT | Capacity | MAX LBA |
| Number | * | |&WP| | ** | |
-+
| 54610H6 | 16,383 | 16 | 0 | 63 | 46,103 MB | 90,045,648 |
-+
| 54098H6 | 16,383 | 16 | 0 | 63 | 40,982 MB | 80,043,264 |
-+
| 53073H4 | 16,383 | 16 | 0 | 63 | 30,730 MB | 60,030,432 |
-+
| 52049H3 | 16,383 | 16 | 0 | 63 | 20,490 MB | 40,021,632 |
-+
| 51536H2 | 16,383 | 16 | 0 | 63 | 15,360 MB | 30,015,216 |
-+
| 51369H2 | 16,383 | 16 | 0 | 63 | 13,690 MB | 26,520,480 |
-+
| 51023H2 | 16,383 | 16 | 0 | 63 | 10,240 MB | 19,746,720 |
-+* For any BIOS using the CHS (normal, or large) translation mode,
the maximum cylinder value is 16,383. The CHS mode limits the BIOS
to being able to address a maximum drive size of 8.4 larger than
8.4 GB the BIOS must support the Logical Block Address (LBA) mode.
LBA uses the MAXLBA value as the addressing method to access the
cylinders on drives larger than 8.4 GB. Both the mother board and
the Operating System (OS) must support extended interrupt 13 (Xint
13) in order to prepare, format and access information on any drive
larger than 8.4 GB.In newer computer systems, the BIOS (CMOS) settings include an "Auto"
entry. If your system supports it, select "Auto" and enable the "LBA"
(Logical Block Addressing) Mode. Then let the system auto detect the
drive parameters. If your system does not support LBA, then you may
require a BIOS Upgrade, an Extended BIOS EIDE adapter card, or Maxtor's
Free "MaxBlast Plus" HDD Installation Software.~ The fields LZ (Landing Zone) and WP (Write
Pre-compensation) are not used by Maxtor drives and the
values may be either 0 or the values set by the BIOS.
** Maxtor Defines One Megabyte (MB) as 10^6 or One Million
Bytes (1,000,000) and One Gigabyte (GB) as 10^9 or One
Billion Bytes (1,000,000,000).
JUMPER DESIGNATION
|J50|J48|J46|J44|J42|
-
| Master/Slave | | | | | |
| Only Drive in single drive system* | J | | | | |
| Master in a dual drive system* | J | | | | |
| Slave in a dual drive system | 0 | | | | |
-
| Cable Select | | | | | |
| Disabled* | | O | | | |
| Enabled | | J | | | |
-
| 4092 Cylinder Limitation | | | | | |
| Disabled* | | | O | | |
| Enabled | | | J | | |
-
| Factory Reserved | | | | O | |
-
| Factory Reserved | | | | | O |
-
J=Jumpered O=Open *=DefaultPin 1
J1 IDE Connector | J2 Power
___________ ________|_________________________
| .................... || @ * * o |/ \
| .......... ......... || @ o o o o || O O O O |
|______________________||___________||_________|
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
J50 Master/Slave -----' | | | | | | | `-+12V
J48 Cable Select -------' | | | | | `---+12V Return
J46 4092 Cyl Limitation---' | | | `----- +5V Return
J44 Factory Reserved -------' | `------- +5V
J42 Factory Reserved ---------'@ = Default Jumped Positions
* = "Spare" Jumper Position
o = Default Open Positions============================================================
PERFORMANCE:
Seek Performance (including settling time and servo overhead)Seek Times (Typical):
Track to track: ....................... 1.0 ms
Average: .............................. 8.7 ms
Maximum: .............................. <20.0 msAverage Latency: ........................... 4.17 ms
Rotational Speed (+-0.1%): ................. 7,200 RPM
Controller Overhead: ....................... <0.3 ms
Start Time (0 - Drive Ready) ............... 8.5 secDATA TRANSFER RATE:
To/From Interface (UDMA/66): ............. Up to 100 MB/Sec
To/From Media: ........................... Up to 49.5 MB/Sec
DRIVE CONFIGURATION:
Integrated Controller/Interface: ........... Ultra ATA/100
Buffer Size: ............................... 2 MB
Buffer Type: ............................... SDRAM
Data Zones per Surface: .................... 16
Bytes per Sector/Block: .................... 512
Reliability SpecifiacationsAnnual Return Rate: ................ < 1.0 %
Start/Stop Cycles: ................. 50,000 (minimum)
Component Design Life: ............. 5 years (minimum)
Data Errors (non-recoverable) ...... <10 per 10^15 bits read
POWER REQUIREMENTS (Average)Mode +12VDC+-10% +5VDC +-5% Power
---- -----
Spin-up (peak) 2500 mA 620 mA
Seek 800 mA 510 mA 12.9 W
Read/Write 525 mA 515 mA <9.0 W
Idle 350 mA 490 mA <6.6 W
Standby 30 mA 270 mA <1.75 WENVIRONMENTAL:
Temperature
Operating (stabilized)............. 5 C to 55 C
Non-operating/Storage ............. -40 C to 71 CRelative Humidity (Non-Condensing)
Operating, Non-operating/Storage .. 5% to 95%
Wet Bulb .......................... 30 C MaximumAltitude (relative to sea level)
Operating ......................... -200 to 10,000'
Non-operating ..................... -200 to 40,000'Shock & Vibration (typical)
Operating, Random ........ 10-45 Hz @ 0.004 G2/Hz
48-62 Hz @ 0.008 G2/Hz
65-300 Hz @ 0.004 G2/Hz
301-500 Hz @ 0.0006 G2/Hz
(no errors)
Non-Operating
Mechanical Shock ......... 10-2,000 Hz @ 2.15 Grms
(no damage)Operating, swept sine (1 octave/minute)
10-300 Hz ..................... 1.0 Peak AmplitudeSHOCK:
Operating Mechanical Shock ........... 30 Gs, 2 ms
(no errors)*
Non-Operating Mechanical Shock ...... 250 Gs, 2 ms
(no damage)*
* Without non-recoverable errorsACOUSTICS:
Idle Mode ..................... 3.3 bel
(avg. sound power)
PHYSICAL:Height: 1.02 in 2.61 cm
Length: 5.78 in 14.70 cm
Width: 4.02 in 10.21 cm
Weight: 1.30 lb. 0.59 kg============================================================
DiamondMax, DiamondMax® Plus 45 UDMA/100
Model Numbers 54610H6, 54098H6, 53073H4,
52049H3, 51536H2, 51369H2, 51023H2 are
Trademarks of Maxtor Corporation
Specifications subject to change without notice
Copyright 2000 Maxtor Corporation
Rev A 7/22/00 J. LAWLEY
Tony
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The hard drive passed all the tests in MaxBlast. The entire computer sees that is a 30 gig HD but Windows does not. All the specs reported above are appreciated but do not help. Am I gong to have to lose all my storage on the hard drive to get this missing space?
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RE: response 7
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ALright check this out.
I did fdisk /statusResult?
Drive C:
capacity 29298 megs (29 gig)
Free? 23195 megs.
Usage 21 %Why does this realize I have it and everything is cool but windows doesnt
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Windows sees partitions,
Fdisk /status reports on space used by partitions and UN-partitioned free space .21% of 29298 megs is 6 gigs.
You have a 6 gig partition and 23195 megs of UN-partitioned free space. Until you partiton and format that space , windows will ignore it.
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yes,
use fdisk
skip creating a primary partition and just create and extended partition
and logical drive.http://www.hardwarecentral.com/hardwarecentral/tutorials/42/1/
then you should be able to format within windows
you might have to remove drives and CD drives in the device manager in safe-mode.
or at least make sure your CD drive letter is changed.or problems may arise
TheGorx
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All done. It was as simple as getting Partition Magic. No prob. Everything's good now. I appreciate your all's help.
Brian
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