Maximum Hard Drive Size?

[Franconeus]

Is there or is there not a maximum hard drive size that windows is able to
format...installed a 500gb SATA hard drive to keep my 120gb "C" Drive
company...Windows XP SP 2 tells me it is unable to format this drive...WHY
???
Thank You...Frank from Montreal

 

[jorgen]

Is there or is there not a maximum hard drive size that windows is able to
format...installed a 500gb SATA hard drive to keep my 120gb "C" Drive
company...Windows XP SP 2 tells me it is unable to format this drive...WHY
???
Thank You...Frank from Montreal

32-bit XP should be able to handle up to 2TB disks in its present form.
NTFS is no problem, but the built-in tool won't format a FAT32 partition
greater than 32GB

 

[Rich Barry]

Did you try using the installation software provided by the
manufacturer of the drive? You can get it at their website.

 

[mikeyhsd]

you need to be up to date on service packs .
SP1 and or SP2 would be better yet.



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Is there or is there not a maximum hard drive size that windows is able to
format...installed a 500gb SATA hard drive to keep my 120gb "C" Drive
company...Windows XP SP 2 tells me it is unable to format this drive...WHY
???
Thank You...Frank from Montreal

 

[Franconeus]

XP is up to date with SP 2...tried partitioning the drive into 4 parts
(roughly 120gb each)...still no success...if all else fails would my chances
be better if I used this drive externally through USB or Firewire...thanx.

 

[DL]

If thats the case you had better use the hd manufacturers disk checking
utility, either the disk is bad or the connections are.
Its detected correctly in the bios I assume

 

[Bob I]

Have you tried the tech support of the drive manufacturer?

 

[Anna]

XP is up to date with SP 2...tried partitioning the drive into 4 parts
(roughly 120gb each)...still no success...if all else fails would my
chances
be better if I used this drive externally through USB or Firewire...thanx.

Frank:
The response you rec'd from DL is the correct (& only) course of action to
take at this point. As DL indicated, download and use the HDD diagnostic
utility that you can obtain from the website of the disk's manufacturer. You
*must* determine whether you're dealing with a defective drive at this time.
For the moment do not consider installing the drive in some external
enclosure.

I assume the disk is under warranty so there should be no problem in getting
a replacement from the manuf. should the disk prove defective.
Anna

 

[mikeyhsd]

is you bios up to date, and have you selected the proper drive type in the bios.



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XP is up to date with SP 2...tried partitioning the drive into 4 parts
(roughly 120gb each)...still no success...if all else fails would my chances
be better if I used this drive externally through USB or Firewire...thanx.

 

[Franconeus]

All is well in the BIOS and Windows sees the drive as RAW...the drive is
abnormally noisy on start-up and shut-down and there is a chance that it may
be defective or damaged but would that not show up in the BIOS...Frank from
Montreal

 

[DL]

Being defective wont show in the bios or anywhere within windows
Only a bootable disk checking utility will properly test your drive.
Being noisy is an indication of a faulty drive

 

[rajan]

Being defective wont show in the bios or anywhere within windows
Only a bootable disk checking utility will properly test your drive.
Being noisy is an indication of a faulty drive