Computer doesn't like new HD

AbsoluteDestiny · Post by **AbsoluteDestiny** » Thu Jul 11, 2002 6:49 am

You've got your jumper settings wrong.

Lots of drives have a safe mode which limits you to 30gig. Check your jumper settings again.

afleetinghope · Post by **afleetinghope** » Thu Jul 11, 2002 4:19 pm

klinky wrote:I bet the jumpers are screwed up. I've got a delicous Samsung 80GB in my server, and it works fine..

~klinky

Well, I finally got the two to work together, but it still wants to see the 60gb as 33.8, but I'm sure I can fix that soon enough.

Another thing..., anyone know where in the hell on microsoft's site that they stuck the patch to make 98 see more then 32gb? I found it once, but can't find it again.

kthulhu · Post by **kthulhu** » Thu Jul 11, 2002 6:21 pm

What filesystem are you going to be using?Win98 and FAT32 should be able to handle 60GB partitions.

afleetinghope · Post by **afleetinghope** » Thu Jul 11, 2002 6:23 pm

Okay, I got the stupid BIOS to see the 60gb in full, but even with the Win98 Large IDE patch (should make windows see HDs over 32gb...) but it still sees my 40gb as 37 and the 60 as 31, any idea how to fix this or should I start digging out my WinME cd?

afleetinghope · Post by **afleetinghope** » Thu Jul 11, 2002 6:24 pm

They're both Fat32

jbone · Post by **jbone** » Thu Jul 11, 2002 6:38 pm

Sometimes, two hard drives just don't get along in the same computer.

If you can't manually set both hard drives to the correct size issues and have Windows reocgnize the drives properly, then you may just have to return the new drive and buy a different model.

afleetinghope · Post by **afleetinghope** » Thu Jul 11, 2002 6:46 pm

If I can't make it work I'll return it, but since Windows didn't see all of the 40gb before I got the new HD, I doubt it's that.

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Thu Jul 11, 2002 6:48 pm

What's FDISK say?

Windows may be correct by detecting your drive as only 37GB, since the HDD industry likes to claim a gigabyte = 1 billion bytes, which is not technically correct, it's a bit larger...

Check drive 2 in FDISK or get Partition Magic and see what it has to say.

~klinky

afleetinghope · Post by **afleetinghope** » Thu Jul 11, 2002 6:53 pm

How exactly would I check it with FDISK without formatting?

afleetinghope · Post by **afleetinghope** » Thu Jul 11, 2002 6:57 pm

*kicks it* FDISK shows the HD as being 31gb. ._.