Re: Problem seeing full capacity of second hard drive

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EDIT:

I have seen under properties of the HD that the volume type is MASTER BOOT
RECORD whatever that means.

"Jonwalker67" wrote:

> 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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