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| 344576 | 2005-04-14 05:45:00 | I second Pico... Fat16 is limited to 2GB, Fat32 is limited to 32GB and NTFS is limited to a few terrabytes! Change the format of the harddrive to NTFS, and you will be pleased. :) Cheers, |
mister harbies (5607) | ||
| 344577 | 2005-04-14 06:18:00 | I thought that as well, but I recieved it unformatted - and tried formatting it in NTFS with no result. If it was formatted at 32GB, would that create just a 32GB partition? Or "shrink" the whole disk? |
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| 344578 | 2005-04-14 06:28:00 | Can Linux see it? Use a Linux partitioner on it. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 344579 | 2005-04-14 06:50:00 | might be a faulty disk, try completely deleting all partitions and everything else on the 32gb one, and then do a full format with NTFS? | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 344580 | 2005-04-14 08:30:00 | Check out the label on the drive - there's usually a jumper on the Seagate drives that limit them to 32GB. | wintertide (1306) | ||
| 344581 | 2005-04-14 09:54:00 | Nope, there is no jumper on it at all. Tried Knoppix, SuSe, and XandrOS - all see it as 32GB. Guess i'll have to give up on this one... |
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| 344582 | 2005-04-14 10:36:00 | Just another note.. FAT32 can go up to 2 Terabytes, it just that Microsoft limits it. It has set a limit of 32GB for XP. Don't belive me, then read it here (support.microsoft.com) at Microsofts site. I would suggest that you request the seller to run the tools over it and fix it. Also format it and you will send it to them.If he manages to fix it, you can supply postage back, otherwise he pays a refund. |
pheonix (36) | ||
| 344583 | 2005-04-14 13:46:00 | Don't give up just yet. Very simple. Go into the BIOS. Does the bios detect it as 120GB, or 32GB? If the BIOS sees it as 32GB, send it back and MAKE that seller refund you. If, however, the BIOS sees 120GB then it's not necessarily the drive itself. If this is the case, then (with it in) go into Run->diskpart.msc, and see if THAT sees 120GB. If it does, then just delete everytihng and make a new full-size NTFS partition on it. If it doesn't, then download a Win98 boot disk (Google for it), write it to a floppy, boot off it and run FDISK. See if that sees it as 120GB with a 32GB partition. If it sees the DRIVE as 32GB. then it's a lost cause, and send it back and make the seller refund you. Hope this helps Cheers, George |
george12 (7) | ||
| 344584 | 2005-04-15 07:28:00 | diskpart.msc doesn't work? and the BIOS for my mb doesn't have the greatest SATA support - it doesn't even list the drives - the SATA controller briefly displays the drives and there sizes during startup - and it shows 32GB. So yea, i'm going to send it back to him. |
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