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problems with new hard drive

Discussion in 'Storage and Networking' started by bkd39, Apr 12, 2005.

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  1. bkd39 Newcomer, in training

    I installed a new 80gb hard drive to run as slave with my old hard drive, but my computer only shows 7gb of the new hard drive. what's the problem :confused:

    I fomatted it, ran fdisk and no change
    bkd39, Apr 12, 2005
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  2. dgower2 Newcomer, in training

    What OS?

    What operating system are you using?
    dgower2, Apr 12, 2005
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  3. bkd39 Newcomer, in training

    windows xp
    bkd39, Apr 12, 2005
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  4. RealBlackStuff Newcomer, in training

    Did you connect it, using an 80-wire ribbon-cable?
    The old 40-wire cables don't cut it anymore.
    RealBlackStuff, Apr 13, 2005
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  5. Nodsu Newcomer, in training

    The old IDE cables are 100% compatible with all PATA drives. The amount of wires only affects the data transfer speeds possible.

    How old is your computer? It could be suffering from the 8.4GB barrier.
    Nodsu, Apr 13, 2005
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  6. dgower2 Newcomer, in training

    BIOS Update to Fix 8.4 Gig Barrier

    BTW, it's a BIOS update that will address the 8.4 Gig barrier mentioned by Nodsu. If your computer was purchased this century, it's probably not the 8.4 Gig barrier that's causing your problem. When was it purchased?
    dgower2, Apr 13, 2005
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  7. SNGX1275 TechSpot Special Forces

    What shows up in Disk Management? (control panel, administrative tools)
    Does the drive show up as full size there?
    SNGX1275, Apr 13, 2005
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  8. patio Newcomer, in training

    Travel over to bootdisk and grab a WinME boot disk...
    Re-run FDisk and format. Re-boot and you should be good to go...

    patio. :cool:
    patio, Apr 13, 2005
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  9. bkd39 Newcomer, in training

    computer was bought in '99, 2000. it shows 80gb in disk management. i did fdisk and re formatted. nothing :suspiciou
    bkd39, Apr 13, 2005
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  10. dgower2 Newcomer, in training

    Where is 7 Gigs displayed?

    Where are you seeing 7 Gigs? In the BIOS, during Boot, or in Windows somewhere?
    dgower2, Apr 13, 2005
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  11. SNGX1275 TechSpot Special Forces

    Delete the partitions in disk management and then set them up again in disk management. The fdisk program is your problem here I think.
    SNGX1275, Apr 13, 2005
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  12. bkd39 Newcomer, in training

    i see the 7gb when i go to 'my computer' and in the bios.
    bkd39, Apr 13, 2005
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  13. patio Newcomer, in training

    Then check for a BIOS update since that's what is reporting that size to Windows.

    patio. :cool:
    patio, Apr 13, 2005
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  14. RealBlackStuff Newcomer, in training

    FYI, on an Asus AV7333/AthlonXP I wanted to add a third HD as slave to a DVD-rom on IDE2, using the existing 40-wire cable.
    BIOS recognised the HD, but Windows 2000/SP4 would not. Only after I changed to an 80-wire IDE-cable AND changed the HD to master AND disconnected the DVD did W2K recognise that HD.
    I have to add that the HD in question was setup in another PC, also with an 80-wire cable.
    RealBlackStuff, Apr 14, 2005
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  15. bkd39 Newcomer, in training

    OK, WILL TRY. THANK YOU ALL :grinthumb
    bkd39, Apr 14, 2005
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