200 gb drive

[Buck Jones]

I have a 200 gb drive but windows only sees 111 gb I have
a 120 gb drive abd windows sees 111 gb.. ok what new
thing do I need to get NOW!

 

[John McGaw]

I have a 200 gb drive but windows only sees 111 gb I have
a 120 gb drive abd windows sees 111 gb.. ok what new
thing do I need to get NOW!

If you have installed SP1 and have compatible hardware then a registry patch
can fix the 48-bit LBA problem and let you see the rest of your drive. You
can tell if your hardware is compatible by whether the BIOS reports the true
drive (well, approximately) size. To do the rest of the job you are probably
far better off downloading a utility from your drive's supplier and having
it make the change(s) for you. For Maxtor drives this would be something
called the "Maxtor Big Drive Enabler". I'm fairly certain that all major
drive makers will have the equivalent since the problem is so common.
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[Knoxville, TN, USA]

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[Alex Nichol]

I have a 200 gb drive but windows only sees 111 gb I have
a 120 gb drive abd windows sees 111 gb.. ok what new
thing do I need to get NOW!

The 111 arises because the drive size if quoted by the makers in decimal
billion; internally partitions are defined in a binary based near
equivalent; 1024x1024x1024 for a factor of 1.073 - 120 billion equals
111 of these. Where that comes in in the case of the 200 one I am not
sure - you ought to be able to get a 128 G partition on that

To access a drive beyond 128GB you need support, not only in Windows but
in the BIOS and motherboard controllers for the new '48 Bit LBA' The
old 28 bits can only identify sectors on the drive up to the number that
28 bits can handle - 128GB