31,4GB when it should be 80GB

[Geddy Lee]

Hi Group,

I just bought myself a new 80GB Maxtor Harddrive. I plugged it in and it
sprang on. Super I thought. Until I looked at the properties and it shows
only 31,4 GB when it should be 80GB. How do I get it up to the proper
level? I remember hearing about this before but I do not remember the
solution.

All help would be gratefully appreciated

GL

[NoNoBadDog!]

Make sure you have SP1 installed, and that LBA is enabled. Are you certain
that the BIOS of your motherboard can recognize a drive that large?

Bobby

"Geddy Lee" > wrote in message
...
> Hi Group,
>
> I just bought myself a new 80GB Maxtor Harddrive. I plugged it in and it
> sprang on. Super I thought. Until I looked at the properties and it shows
> only 31,4 GB when it should be 80GB. How do I get it up to the proper
> level? I remember hearing about this before but I do not remember the
> solution.
>
> All help would be gratefully appreciated
>
> GL
>
>

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

See if my response in the newusers group explains it.

If you must multipost, please do it correctly and crosspost to the
appropriate groups. You've been here long enough to know that.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Geddy Lee" > wrote in message
...
> Hi Group,
>
> I just bought myself a new 80GB Maxtor Harddrive. I plugged it in and it
> sprang on. Super I thought. Until I looked at the properties and it shows
> only 31,4 GB when it should be 80GB. How do I get it up to the proper
> level? I remember hearing about this before but I do not remember the
> solution.
>
> All help would be gratefully appreciated
>
> GL
>
>

[Geddy Lee]

You are right Rick. Sorry. :-) It won't happen again. :-)

GL


"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" > wrote in message
...
> See if my response in the newusers group explains it.
>
> If you must multipost, please do it correctly and crosspost to the
> appropriate groups. You've been here long enough to know that.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
> Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Geddy Lee" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi Group,
> >
> > I just bought myself a new 80GB Maxtor Harddrive. I plugged it in and it
> > sprang on. Super I thought. Until I looked at the properties and it
shows
> > only 31,4 GB when it should be 80GB. How do I get it up to the proper
> > level? I remember hearing about this before but I do not remember the
> > solution.
> >
> > All help would be gratefully appreciated
> >
> > GL
> >
> >
>
>

[Root]

Check the jumper settings on the harddisk. Could be set up to limit capacity
to 32 GB. Or download the new version of fdisk.exe from Microsoft that can
recognise new large harddisk.

"Geddy Lee" > wrote in message
...
> Hi Group,
>
> I just bought myself a new 80GB Maxtor Harddrive. I plugged it in and it
> sprang on. Super I thought. Until I looked at the properties and it shows
> only 31,4 GB when it should be 80GB. How do I get it up to the proper
> level? I remember hearing about this before but I do not remember the
> solution.
>
> All help would be gratefully appreciated
>
> GL
>
>