My HD Doesn't show up at proper size

metaliummetalium
edited March 2004 in Hardware
I just put in my old 30 gb HD (Western Digital) into my new computer to add some storage space.

The problem is, windows says it's 1.96 gb...

I tried formatting throught the command prompt and got the same thing.

Does anybody know how to correct this problem?

Comments

  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited March 2004
    Sounds like a BIOS setting. Go into the bios and let it auto-detect the drive. Might want to check the jumpers on the drive, too. Some drives have the capacity (cheap pun) to understate their size for compatibility with older computers.
  • metaliummetalium
    edited March 2004
    I checked my bios, and it shows up there as 30 gb...I tinkered with it a bit, hoping that windows might recognize it (I turned on SMART i believe). It still shows up as 1.96 gb. I have the jumper on it set to slave...but there's only one jumper. I had two jumpers on it before I put it in, took one off because windows wouldn't recognize it with both the jumpers on.
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited March 2004
    What is the exact model of the HD and MB?
  • BlackHawkBlackHawk Bible music connoisseur There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Icrontian
    edited March 2004
    What OS and what is the model of the HDD?
  • metaliummetalium
    edited March 2004
    I was wrong about it being WD..it's actually IBM.

    IMB-DLTA 307030 - I got that from BIOS

    My motherboard is a Asus p4s8x-x
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited March 2004
    Have you gone into the disk manager and tried deleting the entire partition table?

    Right click my computer --> manage --> Disk management
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited March 2004
    Go here and make sure you have the jumpers set right. The pic I'm attaching shows the jumper in the position to limit the drive to 2GB, which sounds like it might be the problem.

    Let us know if it works! :thumbup
  • metaliummetalium
    edited March 2004
    Problem Solved! Thanks a lot you guys!
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited March 2004
    How'd you do it? :beer:
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited March 2004
    yeah, which fix solved it? :D Inquiring minds want to know!

    (Actually, Prof and I want to find out which of us was right, so that we can rub it into the other's face) ;D
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited March 2004
    primesuspect wrote:
    yeah, which fix solved it? :D Inquiring minds want to know!

    (Actually, Prof and I want to find out which of us was right, so that we can rub it into the other's face) ;D

    Jumper settings, I bet. What happens is this, operating systems can see drives as pure 1024 squared per GIG in K, but mfrs use 1000 squared in K. You are using up or wasting the difference, simply due to spec difference in specs.

    Drive was forced to about two GB in pure K size (comes out to 2.1 GB to nearest tenth of a GB in DRIVE MFR size for IBM drives), O\S would see that as about 1.96 rounded, and BIOS reported size per the drive controller, which was 30 GB.

    BIOS step limits came out to 2.1 GIG, then 8.4 GB, then about 20 GB, than 60 to 80 Gb, then upwards, as history progressed. These are all in mfr specs, O\S would see them as 2, 8, 19+, and then close to true for 60-80 and up. The jumper size limit was to let the drive be used on a 486 box.

    Good things to remember, nice thread.

    John D.-- who will hit 20K plus folding points tomorrow, now at 19825 points per stanford stats.
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