Re: Problem seeing full capacity of second hard drive
- From: "Jonwalker67" <Jonwalker67@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 07:20:02 -0800
Hi Anna
Thanks for your reply, I was hoping you were about as I have read (and been
impressed by) some of your other posts. I will try to answer the points you
raised;
I am not entirely sure what jumpering is but I followed the guidance on the
HP website;
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&cc=uk&docname=bph03429&product=77701&dlc=en&lang=en
The HD model is a Quantum Fireball LCT 20 40
I am not sure about the capacity limiting, but it was using the full 40Gb
when it was in the Tivo and I made no changes to it wehen I removed it.
I think the Tivo is a standard HD, I have just replaced it with a Seagate
200Gb HD
Regarding using the XP Disk Management utility to partition & format the
drive, I tried to but it only sees it as a 9Mb partition. I tried deleting
the partition and it just did it then showed it as 9Mb unallocated.
I tried adding a partition and it only allowed me to up to a maximum of 9Mb
I hope this info helps, as I am now in my 5th hour of trying to sort it out!!
Thanks in advance
Jon
"Anna" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> "Jonwalker67" <Jonwalker67@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:954566AF-FD53-4832-858F-9AA8E6EEB09B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > Hi
> >> >
> >> > I have installed a second hard drive taken from my Tivo! it is a 40Gb
> >> > drive, but for some reason Disk Management only sees a 9Mb partition.
> >> >
> >> > I have tried formatting it - it just formats the 9Mb
> >> > I have tried deleting the partition - it just shows 9Mb unallocated
> >> >
> >> > I have a 3 year old HP Pavilion with XP home SP2.
> >> >
> >> > I wouild be grateful for any help, thanks
>
>
> > "jb" wrote:
> >
> >> might try to repartition it using fdisk from the command prompt.. make
> >> sure
> >> you use this on the secondary drive as it will wipe out everything on the
> >> drive selected..
>
>
> "Jonwalker67" <Jonwalker67@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:D0C98928-DCC3-4743-9AA6-11A384105CF8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Thanks jb, but my knowledge is limited. I can get to the command prompt
> > but
> > I don't know anything about fdisk. Could you elaborate a bit please.
> >
> > Cheers
>
>
> Jonwalker67:
> Forget about using the FDISK command, at least for the moment. There's no
> reason why XP's Disk Management utility (which I assume you've used here,
> right?) should be unable to partition & format a *normal* non-defective HD
> to its full capacity.
>
> First of all, are you certain you correctly connected & configured that 40
> GB HD when you installed it in your machine? Is it jumpered correctly? Some
> HDs come with a capacity-limiting jumper setting. Assuming that drive has
> such a jumper, you're sure you didn't inadvertently set that jumper so as to
> limit the effective capacity of the drive? I'm not familiar with the Tivo
> HD - I'm assuming it's a standard-type of HD. Any idea of the manufacturer?
> Have you checked with Tivo about this problem?
>
> And you did use XP's Disk Management utility to partition & format that
> drive, right?
> Anna
>
>
>
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