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Maxtor HDD not registering full capacity

Hello

I have a 200 gig Maxtor HDD and when installed on my system it only shows up as being 130 gig, i have checked the lable and it is suposed to be 200 gig, it is not evan 200 gig in the BIOS, could i have a faulty drive? am i doing something wrong? or is there something i should be doing that i'm not :-)

Hope someone can help
Regards
Danny

Pete Long

is it formatted as FAT? Windows XP has a 127Gb Limit on FAT drives if my memory serves?

danny4com

ASKER

i FORMATTED THIS DRIVE AS NTFS (QUICK), IT'S A SATA DRIVE IF THAT HELPS?

FriarTuk

it may have a jumper limiting size, see instructions on label for jumpers

Maxtor/Quantum - vendor diagnostics
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/products/index.htm

danny4com

ASKER

IT HAS A JUMPER HOWEVER IT SAYS THAT IT IS JUST FOR LIMITING THE SPEED TO SATA 1 (1.5)

Callandor

Which motherboard do you have? If it's not registering as 200GB in the BIOS, the problem is the BIOS, which needs updating.

jamietoner

Have you updated your bios to the latest revision? also if your motherboard only supports sata 1 you may try jumpering it to sata 1.

danny4com

ASKER

THE MOBO IS AN ASUS AM2 MOBO SO I PRESUME IT SUPPORTS SATA2, I WILL TRY UPDATEING THE BIOS THOUGH. THANKS FOR THE IDEA XX

danny4com

ASKER

I HAVE TRYED UPDATEING THE BIOS WITH NO JOY, I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AROUND MAXTOR.COM AND HAVE FOUND A PROG CALLED MAXBLAST4, CAN ANYONE TELL ME IF THIS WOULD HELP?? THANKS FOR YOUR TIME PEEPS.

Callandor

The MaxBlast program is for cloning drives. You may need to try a different drive, or try this drive in another machine to see if the problem is a faulty drive.

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