I got a new 250gb hdd, it is a thrid disk ide 2 master, in the system bios it is 250gb but when i go to my pc or disk mangenmet its only 128gb i have fromated it and still only got 128gb. what do i need to do to get the full 250gb. Thanks
2006-09-25 11:37:37 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
It's the ATA Interface Limit (128 GiB / 137 GB) Barrier (look the website given below).
You have to go to the homepage of the manufacturer of that disk and look for a utility that can overcome this barrier (for example Maxtor has the utility called MaxBlast4). I had experienced the same with my 300GB Maxtor drive and after running this utility all was fine.
2006-09-25 11:58:34 · answer #1 · answered by aeroman762002 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a 250 myself but I did segment into about the same size piece-meal on purpose, that 128 is one "partition" you could've tell Windows to form another partition in the disk management within Computer Management in control panel (it is an MCC applet).
After having disk management forming a partition and assign a drive to it, format it the usual way.
All that assuming your BIOS is up to date to take in 250 hard ware. Mine machine takes it fine from the get go.
2006-09-25 13:35:57 · answer #2 · answered by Andy T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is probably divided into two sections. only half shows at a time. That is how mine is.
2006-09-25 11:43:20 · answer #3 · answered by BMac 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋