80Gb HD only shows 10GB

[RA]

Put an 80GB western dig harddrive into an older 98SE setup. Know the MB
will take it as I've got 120GB on another computer with same board. How do
I get this one to recognize the total amount? Should I be using an 80 wire
cable? Think the one attached is the older 40 wire one. The new HD is a 100
UDMA and the board only takes 66. TIA Roberta

 

[Michael Hawes]

Put an 80GB western dig harddrive into an older 98SE setup. Know the MB
will take it as I've got 120GB on another computer with same board. How
do I get this one to recognize the total amount? Should I be using an 80
wire cable? Think the one attached is the older 40 wire one. The new HD
is a 100 UDMA and the board only takes 66. TIA Roberta

What is drive model number? What motherboard? Does BIOS show it as 10Gb?
40/80 wire is irrelevant.
Mike.

 

[Graham]

Put an 80GB western dig harddrive into an older 98SE setup. Know the MB
will take it as I've got 120GB on another computer with same board. How
do I get this one to recognize the total amount? Should I be using an 80
wire cable? Think the one attached is the older 40 wire one. The new HD
is a 100 UDMA and the board only takes 66. TIA Roberta

Sounds like you could be using the bugged version of FDISK.
Microsoft released a patch for it,
Direct link:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98/update/8266r/w98/en-us/263044usa8.exe

Page link:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q263044

Cheers!

 

[RA]

I was using an old old fdisk. Have d/l the fix and will try it. Thanks.

 

[RA]

Yeah- found the 40/80 doesn't fit!

What is drive model number? What motherboard? Does BIOS show it as
10Gb? 40/80 wire is irrelevant.
Mike.

 

[RA]

The patch worked like a charm. Thanks again.

I was using an old old fdisk. Have d/l the fix and will try it. Thanks.