31,4GB when it should be 80GB

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Geddy Lee

Hi Group,

I just bought myself a new 80GB Maxtor Harddrive. I plugged it in and it
sprang on. Super I thought. Until I looked at the properties and it shows
only 31,4 GB when it should be 80GB. How do I get it up to the proper
level? I remember hearing about this before but I do not remember the
solution.

All help would be gratefully appreciated

GL
 
Make sure you have SP1 installed, and that LBA is enabled. Are you certain
that the BIOS of your motherboard can recognize a drive that large?

Bobby
 
See if my response in the newusers group explains it.

If you must multipost, please do it correctly and crosspost to the
appropriate groups. You've been here long enough to know that.

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Best of Luck,

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Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
 
Check the jumper settings on the harddisk. Could be set up to limit capacity
to 32 GB. Or download the new version of fdisk.exe from Microsoft that can
recognise new large harddisk.
 
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