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USB/FireWire 120 GB External Hard drive seen as 32 GB

I recently installed a Seagate 120 GB IDE hard drive into an new A-Power 5.25 USB/Firewire combo drive enclosure (model AP525-C). I have a USB/firewire PCI card installed on a server (an older HP Netserver LPR with the latest BIOS (4.0.635) running Windows Small Business 2003 R2) and was planning on using the external drive for backups. However, the drive is detected and seen as only 31.49 GB using either USB or Firewire. When accessed, I received an error that the drive was not formatted, so I attempted to format, and it failed. I found a driver that came with the enclosure for "COMBO Cardbus" and after installing the driver and rebooting, I was able to format it in NTFS; but it still is shown as 31.49 GB. Other drivers on the install CD appear to be for USB only.

Plugged into Firewire port, the drive appears in the device manager as “Initio ST3120026A SBP2 Device”

The drive in question was previously installed internally onto a different "server" (a clone PC running Windows Server 2003) and formatted in NTFS. When plugged into this "server" through a USB 1.1 port, it is also seen as only 31.49 GB. When plugged in through IDE, all 120 GB is seen.

I've done numerous searches for any other drivers or even the manufacturer's site, with no luck.

I'd like to be able to use all 120 GB... any thoughts?

Thanks,

J.

Visual3DMaya

Give it a try and boot to Linux live dvd (bootable dvd), it's easy to found if you don't already have it installed.
Do Linux shows the entire capacity?

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jason_appel

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It turned out to be the jumpers and the drive role: the drive had to be set as a master instead of cable select. Thanks garycase!

Gary Case

You're most welcome.

Visual3DMaya

I have a Seagate_Barracuda 80G, one (80G about) ntfs partition.
The problem, i'm sure, resides in the partition sector that was previously made, (LBA support may be not enabled) this is the first phisical sector on hard disk. I recommend backup all the data and wipe it using DiscWizard_StarterEdition_boot CD, it's at Seagate home site. Use the quick wipe method, or quick erase... Be sure to choose the right hard disk if more in the system!
After that use the same DiscWizard_StarterEdition_boot CD to partition and format again, format in NTFS like it was, otherwise you may be limited to 32G.
Use the enclosure (model AP525-C) drivers and search its website for firmware updates, this is important too.