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Solve : Windows doesn't recognize all of 120 GB ext HDD? |
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Answer» Quote QuoteIf it is not seen correctlty by the BIOS, other things are irrelevant. I have an old pentium 1 computer. Will it work if I hook it into that? Or is the drive to large for that old of a motherboard and processor? The BIOS may have limitations on a machine that old, but you could try.I'd hook it up as an internal slave drive in a newer machine before i would go backwards to an older machine...REMEMBER you want to find out why the whole capacity isn't being recognised...That's the problem, the newest non-laptop machine I have is a 266 Mhz Pentium. I'll keep looking for a solution. If anyone has another idea...please LET me know. Thanks for all the suggestions so far.Does anyone you know have a newer machine equipped with a burner ? ?I have one at work but I don't think I can hook my HD up to it. Other than that, no. Only laptops. Why? What would the suggestion be?I know you said you checked the jumper configuration but I would check it one more time. You might have it set as a master or slave drive with a 32GB clip. This would not only show as 32GB within programs, windows and diagnostic software but would also prevent maxblast from installing a drive overlay if the limitation was with your other computer hardware. If anything, try setting the jumpers as cable select but be sure not to use the 32GB clip.Ok, I've checked the jumpers and have tried the master, slave, and cable select configurations. No go. Also, there is no CLJ set on here. However, I have found a Windows 98 (MS-DOS) machine and now have my hard drive hooked up as a slave. My harddrive has 32 GB SHOWING as non-allocated memory. How do I format my drive from this MS-DOS machine if I don't know the drive letter? Thanks!It seems that Windows 98 only supports FAT32 so I doubt I'll be able to see above 32 GB on that machine. I guess I've got to find a XP machine that I can hook it up to as a slave. If anyone thinks OTHERWISE, please reply. |
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