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| Thread ID: 60652 | 2005-08-09 00:11:00 | 160GB HD only has 127GB | rstarr (8691) | Press F1 |
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| 379523 | 2005-08-09 00:11:00 | I have a Western Digital 160GB HD that only has 127GB of space. I am running XP Pro on an old computer (circa 2000). Someone mentioned maybe a problem with my IDE cable (though I do believe I have an 80-wire cable). MY HD is WDC WD1600JB-00EVA0 Thanks for any help. |
rstarr (8691) | ||
| 379524 | 2005-08-09 00:13:00 | hm........theres a size limit.......cant quite remember how to get around that and anyway I thought it was 137 ?......someone correct me | drcspy (146) | ||
| 379525 | 2005-08-09 00:15:00 | Have you any service packs installed | Rob99 (151) | ||
| 379526 | 2005-08-09 00:21:00 | A quick Google for "137gb limit" shows this: forums.pcworld.co.nz |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 379527 | 2005-08-09 00:44:00 | No SPs installed, but the HD is limited at 127 not 137. Maybe HD specific limit or sumthin like that, sorry if I started a redundant thread. |
rstarr (8691) | ||
| 379528 | 2005-08-09 00:57:00 | Whats the hdd formatted in? FAT32 or NTFS? Fat32 (Well on 98, it was limited to 127.5 gb). www.microsoft.com If it is formatted in FAT32, convert it to NTFS. You still have to install SP1 or 2. I wouldnt be/get on the net without either one of them. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 379529 | 2005-08-09 05:26:00 | A:) BIOS update. B:) SP1 at least. SP2 is not required. Fat or NTFS is irrelevant but Fat32 will limit file sizes to 4Gb each. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 379530 | 2005-08-09 06:26:00 | Sorry, but it is relevant between NTFS and FAT32 due to restrictions put on by Microsoft. FYI (support.microsoft.com) and a good explanation here (homepage.ntlworld.com) | pheonix (36) | ||
| 379531 | 2005-08-09 10:19:00 | Sorry, but it is relevant between NTFS and FAT32 due to restrictions put on by Microsoft. FYI (support.microsoft.com) and a good explanation here (homepage.ntlworld.com) Nah - rubbish. # WinXP & Win2k cannot create FAT32 partitions larger than 32 GB. # WinXP & Win2k cannot format FAT32 partitions larger than 32 GB. # WinXP & Win2k will happily use larger ones created using Win95R2, Win98 or WinME. The third sentence eliminates the problem. I know, all my drives are still Fat32. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 379532 | 2005-08-10 10:41:00 | Have a read of page 105 of the latest PC World magazine. This exact problem is dicussed there. From the article : "to use a hard drive larger than 137Gb, your computer's operating system and BIOS must support 48-bit logical block addressing (LBA)". Andrew |
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