200GB showing as 32GB?

Phaser · 26 Apr 2006 at 23:22

Hi all.

Added my new HDD this evening.

First IDE channel is my Western Digital Drive with my OS on.

Second IDE channel is my Seagate 200GB backup/storage drive - the new one.

Both are set up as master and show up fine in the BIOS.

The new one dosen't show up in My Computer however, so I guess it needs formatting.

I've gone into Administrive Tools and found the drive, but its saying it's only 31.49GB, and if I format it, it will give me 31.49GB of space...

Bit confused..

Any help appreciated.

semi-pro waster · 26 Apr 2006 at 23:28

Do you have XP SP2 installed? If not then I'd suggest installing that. There used to be a 32gb 'clip' on some drives due to motherboards not being able to handle any more space than that so you might want to check that as well.

Phaser · 26 Apr 2006 at 23:30

Yes, XP SP2 is on here.

Also the first drive is 40GB so the 32GB thing shouldn't apply?

semi-pro waster · 26 Apr 2006 at 23:39

OK since you have SP2 installed then I suppose it comes down to the drive and the clip or possibly the cable(I have a dim recollection of 80 pin IDE cables being needed compared with the older 40 pin) so you might be best to try a different cable if you haven't already.

Phaser · 26 Apr 2006 at 23:40

Brand new cable mate.

Will try adding it as a slave drive on the first IDE channel..

ChrisLX200 · 26 Apr 2006 at 23:59

Check if there is a jumper set to limit capacity, and use Cable Select instead of master/slave.

Phaser · 27 Apr 2006 at 00:09

You were right mate! Jumper in the wrong place.

Now the joyful wait for it to format hehe.