40 gb hard drive only 31gb

[Ron Rector]

Are you formatted in Fat32? With Windows XP you can only
format up to 32 gigs with Fat32. If you want to have the
full 40gb either format the drive with a 98/Me startup
disk or format using NTFS file system.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi, I have tried to repair an old computer which would
not allow a hard drive above 32gb. I managed to set the
40 gb hard to 31 gb by the jumpers, but was unsuccessful
with the computer. I have now tried to get the hard drive
back to its original capacity i.e. 40 gb. I have tried
the Maxtor powermax program but it still comes back as
31gb. Was this a permanent reduction in size,? or is
there another way of re-establishing its original
capacity. It is a Maxtor AS40. I am running Win xp Pro.
Thanks for any help.

[Rottie]

Hi Ron, yes it was in Fat 32, I am at present waiting for Paragon Manager to
convert to NTFS!!
Will post result


"Ron Rector" > wrote in message
...
> Are you formatted in Fat32? With Windows XP you can only
> format up to 32 gigs with Fat32. If you want to have the
> full 40gb either format the drive with a 98/Me startup
> disk or format using NTFS file system.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi, I have tried to repair an old computer which would
> not allow a hard drive above 32gb. I managed to set the
> 40 gb hard to 31 gb by the jumpers, but was unsuccessful
> with the computer. I have now tried to get the hard drive
> back to its original capacity i.e. 40 gb. I have tried
> the Maxtor powermax program but it still comes back as
> 31gb. Was this a permanent reduction in size,? or is
> there another way of re-establishing its original
> capacity. It is a Maxtor AS40. I am running Win xp Pro.
> Thanks for any help.

[Rottie]

Thats done it! Thanks for your help!


"Rottie" > wrote in message
...
> Hi Ron, yes it was in Fat 32, I am at present waiting for Paragon Manager
to
> convert to NTFS!!
> Will post result
>
>
> "Ron Rector" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Are you formatted in Fat32? With Windows XP you can only
> > format up to 32 gigs with Fat32. If you want to have the
> > full 40gb either format the drive with a 98/Me startup
> > disk or format using NTFS file system.
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >Hi, I have tried to repair an old computer which would
> > not allow a hard drive above 32gb. I managed to set the
> > 40 gb hard to 31 gb by the jumpers, but was unsuccessful
> > with the computer. I have now tried to get the hard drive
> > back to its original capacity i.e. 40 gb. I have tried
> > the Maxtor powermax program but it still comes back as
> > 31gb. Was this a permanent reduction in size,? or is
> > there another way of re-establishing its original
> > capacity. It is a Maxtor AS40. I am running Win xp Pro.
> > Thanks for any help.
>
>