hdd and limited capacity

[Lukas]

I have WD400bb. On label of this drive is wrote 40.0GB with date
23-sep-2004. There alsaw settings of jumpers, master, slave and cabel
select. There is alsaw, what is strange: IBM warrenty void if removed.
(???) I think, that this drive is from service part from IBM for old
computers.

Problem is that, taht BIOS shows 2,5GB capacity. Windows, pqmagic, fdisk
alsaw shows 2,5GB capacity. It doesnt matter whitch program i use, or
there is or not any partition. There is no jumpers setting this. there
is only one jumper, setting drive to slave.

This looks like there are some part of drive is inactive, and a question
is how to active this part, whitch software or what i have to do on
electronic plate, that this drive had 40.0GB

 

[old jon]

I have WD400bb. On label of this drive is wrote 40.0GB with date
23-sep-2004. There alsaw settings of jumpers, master, slave and cabel
select. There is alsaw, what is strange: IBM warrenty void if removed.
(???) I think, that this drive is from service part from IBM for old
computers.

Problem is that, taht BIOS shows 2,5GB capacity. Windows, pqmagic, fdisk
alsaw shows 2,5GB capacity. It doesnt matter whitch program i use, or
there is or not any partition. There is no jumpers setting this. there is
only one jumper, setting drive to slave.

This looks like there are some part of drive is inactive, and a question
is how to active this part, whitch software or what i have to do on
electronic plate, that this drive had 40.0GB

What OS are you using Lukas ?.
bw..OJ

 

[Lukas]

What OS are you using Lukas ?.
bw..OJ

that's no matter if this Win xp or linux or win98 the effect is still
the same. Physycly BIOS see the 2,5GB

 

[old jon]

that's no matter if this Win xp or linux or win98 the effect is still the
same. Physycly BIOS see the 2,5GB
So what your saying is, "That your BIOS is knackered", `cos you know the
drive

is 40.0GB ??. The reason I asked for your OS, was to try to suggest ways of
recovering
the full 40.0Gb.
bw, and happy New year...OJ

 

[Lukas]

is 40.0GB ??. The reason I asked for your OS, was to try to suggest ways of
recovering
the full 40.0Gb.
bw, and happy New year...OJ

yes it's 40GB, like it is written on label, model wd400bb. It have a
label form IBM informing about clipped capacity to 2,5GB. But there is
no juper settings for settings hd capacity. :/


happy new year

 

[Joseph2k]

yes it's 40GB, like it is written on label, model wd400bb. It have a
label form IBM informing about clipped capacity to 2,5GB. But there is
no juper settings for settings hd capacity. :/


happy new year

Check the IBM and Hitachi web sites. Many brands have install disks (and
downloadable executables) that fix the "problem".