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Thread ID: 80514 2007-06-26 01:31:00 ME only see's 8gig of a new 160gig hd. KiwiLinc (6595) Press F1
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563035 2007-06-26 01:31:00 ME only see's 8gig of a new 160gig hd.
Newly formated, hd set to "cable select"
Cheers:confused:
KiwiLinc (6595)
563036 2007-06-26 01:33:00 Well u could format it in NTFS if ME knew what it was.

But u cant since it doesnt.

Does the BIOS see all of the hdd??
Speedy Gonzales (78)
563037 2007-06-26 01:38:00 Bios, Primary Master
Max LBA capacity 8455mb
KiwiLinc (6595)
563038 2007-06-26 01:57:00 any ideas? KiwiLinc (6595)
563039 2007-06-26 02:05:00 This (support.microsoft.com) could be one reason.

A BIOS update might help.

Is the mobo old?
Speedy Gonzales (78)
563040 2007-06-26 02:09:00 Bios, Primary Master
Max LBA capacity 8455mb

Okay, there 's your answer, can you change that to 'auto'
SolMiester (139)
563041 2007-06-26 05:15:00 you may have to partition that drive also, Fat32 only sees up 32gig partitions unless overlay software is used. beama (111)
563042 2007-06-26 05:52:00 [QUOTE=beama;564418... also, Fat32 only sees up 32gig partitions unless overlay software is used.[/QUOTE]

Is that a WME restriction? I have a couple of 60GB FAT32 partitions here on XP.
rumpty (2863)
563043 2007-06-26 06:05:00 32GB was a hardware limitation on older motherboards or a FAT32 formating limit in XP because MS wanted you to use NTFS. PaulD (232)
563044 2007-06-26 06:08:00 Windoze wont format FAT32 bigger than 32gb
However.. Programs like Partition Magic will happily format any size drive to whatever file system you want ( including fat32 )
If you dont have a copy of Partition Magic - you could always boot from a linux Live CD and use QTparted or Gnome Partition Editor to format that drive - yes they will do FAT32 as well :)
racepics (7812)
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