Re: hard drive problem
- From: "Charlie Tame" <charlie@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 04:51:53 -0500
"Elvi" <Elvi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have windows xp home edition. I have a problem with it not detecting the
right size of my hard drive, I bought a 300 gigs hard drive and it detects
only 127.
Any help would be appreciated.
The drive should have come with a utility CD that contains an "Overlay" for
systems with hardware that cannot support 300 G of storage. Most older
systems hit a 137 G limit. Have you got Windows installed on this drive or
is it an additional drive for storage?
Maxtor provided some useful info here...
https://maxtor.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/maxtor.cfg/php/enduser/olh_adp.php?p_faqid=344&p_sid=Ut7KNkbi&p_lva=#
https://maxtor.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/maxtor.cfg/php/enduser/olh_adp.php?p_faqid=960&p_sid=Ut7KNkbi&p_lva=#
One "Catch" with using the software method is that if you choose to
reinstall the OS in the future the big drive may not be recognized and as
Windows installs it may scan the drive, think it is corrupt and try to fix
it, thus corrupting any data above the 137 G limit and possibly all of it.
If you go software maybe setting a first partition of 120 or 130 G would be
a good idea... or make 3 partitions of (Say) 100 G each. Keep essential
stuff on the first and use the others for backups or stuff that you
definitely have backed up somewhere else. See what others think but in the
light of experience (And because I change things quite often) I think buying
the controller card might be the safest option.
On the subject of drives by the way if it's a Western Digital you got cheap
then take the opportunity to get a refund and or swap for a smaller unit or
whatever, it will most likely be dead in < 6 months anyway.
Good luck,
Charlie
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