Hi All,
Just installed a Maxtor 10 200gb SATA hard drive but its only showing 137gb in windows?? I have downloaded Maxtor big driver enabler but it didnt work??
XP service pack 2
200gb Hv200*** hard drive
If i partitioned the drive would with partition magic would this work??
Thanks :)
Ben
2006-12-21 23:25:39 · 9 answers · asked by Pulsar_GTI 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Hi thanks for the quick replys ... i have a brand new motherboard asrock dual vsta 775?
2006-12-21 23:41:34 · update #1
What MB are you using? Some older MBs do not recognise HDD's larger than 137GB. Try updating your BIOS.
2006-12-21 23:27:11 · answer #1 · answered by k² 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've got a question about this drive, is it your primary drive with windows installed on it???
most likely your motherboard doesn't support drives over 137gb
you need to do something before installing windows because if you just use it like that you will eventually get data corruption and errors.
there are two solutions to this that i have used.
first you could partition the drive using the Maxtor utility or even the windows CD if you are doing a fresh install, that way you may get to use the whole drive but as separate drives in windows.
second you could install a new drive controller in your computer, one that supports large drives. this is a good method to use if you want to have your whole drive as one giant partition.
the first option would be my choice.
boot to the Maxtor disk and install whatever bios drive they have to enable large drives, then partition it so you have two partitions equaling the total, but with nether of them more then 137gb, maybe make it alitle less then that.
then when you install windows you will get to the screen to chose a location to install windows chose the first partition you made and go for it.
good luck
TV
2006-12-23 16:39:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you had a look at control panel>Administrative tools>Computer management>storage. You can usually see whats going on with that, There may be a partition that you can merge into one with Nortons partition magic
2006-12-22 08:11:47 · answer #3 · answered by Clarky 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can do it. I can give you a link that deals with hard drive problems. Some RAM/ hard drive problems can be easily fixed yourself by using easily available tools. I found the info at http://fixit.in useful
2006-12-22 18:54:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, check motherboard BIOS settings, it may be clipping HDs capacity.
Second, check any straps/jumpers on the driver.
2006-12-22 08:04:21 · answer #5 · answered by Doctor Who 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your bios doesn't support more than 137 GB,i have actually the same problem.Try updating it but it is not sure that will solve your problem.You can buy a newer motherboard
2006-12-22 07:30:17 · answer #6 · answered by Max 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Older machine just cannot support more than 137GB of data.
2006-12-22 16:11:24 · answer #7 · answered by mcdonaldshaun 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe do you have 2 hard drives?
2006-12-22 07:26:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because windows is taking up 63gb
2006-12-22 07:42:09 · answer #9 · answered by simon.vale 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋