2007-07-25 15:50:27 · 5 answers · asked by allan p 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
How old is the computer? It could be a BIOS issue, though I've never heard of that affecting USB drives. What brand of external drive- Iomega, LaCie, etc? If you're using an internal hard drive in an external housing, some drives have a jumper that limits them to being recognized as 32gb.
It's not a FAT32 issue- that simply limits any single file from being larger than 32gb, but there's no problem formatting an entire drive partition larger than that.
2007-07-25 16:06:22 · answer #1 · answered by C-Man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably have a drive that only has 32 GB, or it is a 40 GB drive and it is using 8 GB for your operating system or system files.
2007-07-25 15:54:11 · answer #2 · answered by Matt B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe your jumper settings are wrong. because I have a hard-disk with a 80gig of space that can set to 32gig of space using the jumper settings.
2007-07-25 16:28:18 · answer #3 · answered by ickologic 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sound like you have it formatted for Fat32. You need to reformat it with NTSF.
2007-07-25 16:05:38 · answer #4 · answered by Techliaison 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SOUNDS LIKE THE PLUG AND PLAY IN BOIS IS NOT ENABLED GO INTO BOIS AND ENABLE IT AND THEN TRY AGAIN
2007-07-25 16:17:29 · answer #5 · answered by JEFFDG 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋