Hard Drive Question (160GB Seagate drive)

Raiden1803 · October 30th, 2004

I just got this new 160gig drive. Why is it that windows only lets me put 130gigs on one partion? I cant Put the other 40 on a seperat partion either. the setup tells me that when i creat a new one its also reserved for windows??

om3gablue · October 30th, 2004

You might have to download a big drive enabler, I had to when I installed a 250gig Maxtor. What it basically does is change a setting in your registry, I don't remember what the exact string was but it was something like "lba drive enable". It should already be enabled 'cause your running sp2, drives over 126gigs were enabled in sp1. It's also possible that you have a jumper on the drive set wrong. My Maxtor has 2 extra pins that lets the bios detect it with other settings.

Have you tried the support section on the Seagate website?

**Chrono Archangel** · October 30th, 2004

IIRC Seagates had a jumper position to restrict 32GB of the hard drive. you probably have that enabled.

Raiden1803 · October 30th, 2004

hears what the instruction says

Quote:

Drives with a 40-GB Capacity or greater are limited to 32GB use this jumper only if you have a legacy system with a bios that does not support large capacity disc drives. When using the alterantive capacity jumper, Manger software is required to achieve the drive's full capacity.

Yeah it I need to download The manager software

Is it going to make me reinstall windows entirely?

EDIT
okay i have the software. i tried to grow the current partion but it wont let me. (sorry this is the first comptuer i built so this is my frist time to use a drive larger than 40gig

) Do i have to get new bios from intel? (their website seems to be down??)

WindHydra · October 30th, 2004

It might be motherboard or something. I couldn't use all 160gb on my intel 815e without using a ide controller card (or something like that) but can use it on Elite K7VTA3.

**3x3cUt0r** · October 30th, 2004

i have the same 160GB seagate here and is running w/o problems, try using partition magic 8 to format it.

Raiden1803 · October 30th, 2004

Well It did mention something about a controller card.. maybe thats what im missing? dunno

Player-X · October 30th, 2004

Are you using NTFS or Fat32, NTFS shoud be able to handle partitions up to a few terrabytes if I am not mistaken

om3gablue · October 30th, 2004

You shouldn't have to update your board, it should be new enough to support the drive. No controller card needed.

What board do you have?

eternal11 · October 30th, 2004

have you chcked the jumpers yet because you havnet said anything about doing that yet.

Raiden1803 · October 31st, 2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by Player-X

Are you using NTFS or Fat32, NTFS shoud be able to handle partitions up to a few terrabytes if I am not mistaken

yeah im using ntfs. for some reason it doesnt like to create another partion. nor does it want to grow the one im on. do i have to use that disc tools startup disc thing to fix this?

Player-X · October 31st, 2004

How about backing up everything, Deleteing the partition, Making a new Large partition and Reinstalling Windows?

Raiden1803 · October 31st, 2004

Wouldnt make a differance, Last time i tried That It wouldnt let me make a Partition Larger than 130Gig's. if i split it into two partitions would it let me grow the second one?

Player-X · November 1st, 2004

Use something other than the Windows setup to format your drive

WindHydra · November 1st, 2004

I still think it's the mobo... although it's weird for a P4 board to not support 160gb :/

Raiden1803 · November 1st, 2004

Thats whats been bugging me. the bios are supposed to beable to handel large capacity drives , hell its picking up that the max is 160gigs but its windows setup thats being a pain. what else can i use besides that to partion the drive? preferably without reinstalling my os . im going to do that as a last resort option cuz reinstalling is becoming a pain

WindHydra · November 2nd, 2004

I think BIOS can pick up the info but might not be able to use it. My nforce2 can detect the 160GB but can't use the whole drive (but 120gb drive works).

Raiden1803 · November 2nd, 2004

Well This is something new, i just created a Fixed ISO Using Nlite. Slipstreamed SP2 Onto the disc. And its picking up more of the drive now. it let me install 149GB of it. Dont know where the other 11gigs are. but the disc wizard software is picking it up as 160 Gigs

oh well. I got most of it now. its still really weird

WindHydra · November 2nd, 2004

Congratulations

You got the whole disk working now

A 160GB disk only has 160000000000 bytes (I think) and 160000000000/1024/1024/1024 => 149 GB!

October 30th, 2004	#1 (permalink)
Raiden1803 ..... Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: in a van down by the river Posts: 2,535	Hard Drive Question (160GB Seagate drive) I just got this new 160gig drive. Why is it that windows only lets me put 130gigs on one partion? I cant Put the other 40 on a seperat partion either. the setup tells me that when i creat a new one its also reserved for windows?? __________________ OS: WinXP (Sp2 Build) CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.39GHz GFX: ATi Radeon X850 PRO 256MB SOUND: SB Audigy 2 ZS Speakers : Creative Inspire T7700 CD/CD-RW: Lite-On DVDRW SOH1213S / Sony CRX 230ED RAM: 1gig DDR HD: 160gig Seagate

October 30th, 2004	#2 (permalink)
om3gablue Taken... Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: New Orleans Posts: 183	You might have to download a big drive enabler, I had to when I installed a 250gig Maxtor. What it basically does is change a setting in your registry, I don't remember what the exact string was but it was something like "lba drive enable". It should already be enabled 'cause your running sp2, drives over 126gigs were enabled in sp1. It's also possible that you have a jumper on the drive set wrong. My Maxtor has 2 extra pins that lets the bios detect it with other settings. Have you tried the support section on the Seagate website? __________________ I walk a lonely road, the only one I've ever known don't know where it goes but it's home to me and I walk alone.(My blog)

October 30th, 2004	#3 (permalink)
Chrono Archangel Administrator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 7,217	IIRC Seagates had a jumper position to restrict 32GB of the hard drive. you probably have that enabled. __________________ When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide.

October 30th, 2004	#5 (permalink)
WindHydra Wind, Life, Eternity Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: El Monte Posts: 1,331	It might be motherboard or something. I couldn't use all 160gb on my intel 815e without using a ide controller card (or something like that) but can use it on Elite K7VTA3. __________________ My deviantArt :bounce: We ran like the wind, under the cerulean skies...

October 30th, 2004	#6 (permalink)
3x3cUt0r Administrator Join Date: May 2001 Location: San Andres, Colombia Posts: 1,102	i have the same 160GB seagate here and is running w/o problems, try using partition magic 8 to format it. __________________

October 30th, 2004	#7 (permalink)
Raiden1803 ..... Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: in a van down by the river Posts: 2,535	Well It did mention something about a controller card.. maybe thats what im missing? dunno __________________ OS: WinXP (Sp2 Build) CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.39GHz GFX: ATi Radeon X850 PRO 256MB SOUND: SB Audigy 2 ZS Speakers : Creative Inspire T7700 CD/CD-RW: Lite-On DVDRW SOH1213S / Sony CRX 230ED RAM: 1gig DDR HD: 160gig Seagate

October 30th, 2004	#8 (permalink)
Player-X Banned Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: From Kuching in Malaysia now stuck in Houston Texas Posts: 9,110	Are you using NTFS or Fat32, NTFS shoud be able to handle partitions up to a few terrabytes if I am not mistaken

October 30th, 2004	#9 (permalink)
om3gablue Taken... Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: New Orleans Posts: 183	You shouldn't have to update your board, it should be new enough to support the drive. No controller card needed. What board do you have? __________________ I walk a lonely road, the only one I've ever known don't know where it goes but it's home to me and I walk alone.(My blog)

October 30th, 2004	#10 (permalink)
eternal11 *** Type R Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: COW TOWN CALIFORNIA Posts: 331	have you chcked the jumpers yet because you havnet said anything about doing that yet.

October 31st, 2004	#12 (permalink)
Player-X Banned Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: From Kuching in Malaysia now stuck in Houston Texas Posts: 9,110	How about backing up everything, Deleteing the partition, Making a new Large partition and Reinstalling Windows?

October 31st, 2004	#13 (permalink)
Raiden1803 ..... Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: in a van down by the river Posts: 2,535	Wouldnt make a differance, Last time i tried That It wouldnt let me make a Partition Larger than 130Gig's. if i split it into two partitions would it let me grow the second one? __________________ OS: WinXP (Sp2 Build) CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.39GHz GFX: ATi Radeon X850 PRO 256MB SOUND: SB Audigy 2 ZS Speakers : Creative Inspire T7700 CD/CD-RW: Lite-On DVDRW SOH1213S / Sony CRX 230ED RAM: 1gig DDR HD: 160gig Seagate

November 1st, 2004	#14 (permalink)
Player-X Banned Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: From Kuching in Malaysia now stuck in Houston Texas Posts: 9,110	Use something other than the Windows setup to format your drive

November 1st, 2004	#15 (permalink)
WindHydra Wind, Life, Eternity Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: El Monte Posts: 1,331	I still think it's the mobo... although it's weird for a P4 board to not support 160gb :/ __________________ My deviantArt :bounce: We ran like the wind, under the cerulean skies...

November 1st, 2004	#16 (permalink)
Raiden1803 ..... Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: in a van down by the river Posts: 2,535	Thats whats been bugging me. the bios are supposed to beable to handel large capacity drives , hell its picking up that the max is 160gigs but its windows setup thats being a pain. what else can i use besides that to partion the drive? preferably without reinstalling my os . im going to do that as a last resort option cuz reinstalling is becoming a pain __________________ OS: WinXP (Sp2 Build) CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.39GHz GFX: ATi Radeon X850 PRO 256MB SOUND: SB Audigy 2 ZS Speakers : Creative Inspire T7700 CD/CD-RW: Lite-On DVDRW SOH1213S / Sony CRX 230ED RAM: 1gig DDR HD: 160gig Seagate

November 2nd, 2004	#17 (permalink)
WindHydra Wind, Life, Eternity Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: El Monte Posts: 1,331	I think BIOS can pick up the info but might not be able to use it. My nforce2 can detect the 160GB but can't use the whole drive (but 120gb drive works). __________________ My deviantArt :bounce: We ran like the wind, under the cerulean skies...

November 2nd, 2004	#18 (permalink)
Raiden1803 ..... Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: in a van down by the river Posts: 2,535	Well This is something new, i just created a Fixed ISO Using Nlite. Slipstreamed SP2 Onto the disc. And its picking up more of the drive now. it let me install 149GB of it. Dont know where the other 11gigs are. but the disc wizard software is picking it up as 160 Gigs oh well. I got most of it now. its still really weird __________________ OS: WinXP (Sp2 Build) CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.39GHz GFX: ATi Radeon X850 PRO 256MB SOUND: SB Audigy 2 ZS Speakers : Creative Inspire T7700 CD/CD-RW: Lite-On DVDRW SOH1213S / Sony CRX 230ED RAM: 1gig DDR HD: 160gig Seagate

November 2nd, 2004	#19 (permalink)
WindHydra Wind, Life, Eternity Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: El Monte Posts: 1,331	Congratulations You got the whole disk working now A 160GB disk only has 160000000000 bytes (I think) and 160000000000/1024/1024/1024 => 149 GB! __________________ My deviantArt :bounce: We ran like the wind, under the cerulean skies...

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