unable to view one of the 2 partitions on external drive on XP Pro SP2

[ms windows]

Hi,
Hope someone can help me. I recently bought a 160G HD and partition into
100G / 60G. I use it as an external drive, and when i use it on my XP Pro
laptop with SP2, i can only see the 100G portion. I tried to use it on a Win
2000 and XP Pro SP2 desktop, they both can see the 2 partition. Any idea why
my laptop cannot see the 60G? Thank

kaka

[Walter Clayton]

Hook the drive up to the laptop. Once it's recognized, do
start->run->diskmgmt.msc[enter]. In the graphics area at the bottom, locate
the external drive. Does it show a an unmounted partition?

--
Walter Clayton
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.


"ms windows" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
> Hope someone can help me. I recently bought a 160G HD and partition into
> 100G / 60G. I use it as an external drive, and when i use it on my XP Pro
> laptop with SP2, i can only see the 100G portion. I tried to use it on a
> Win 2000 and XP Pro SP2 desktop, they both can see the 2 partition. Any
> idea why my laptop cannot see the 60G? Thank
>
> kaka
>

[Star Fleet Admiral Q]

It's possible the laptop is not capable of seeing partitions that extend
beyond the 137GB limit. There are several factors for the OS to see drives
larger than 137GB:
1) WinXP SP1/SP2 or Win2k SP3/SP4
2) BIOS must support 48-bit LBA
3) I/O controller must support 48-bit LBA

I'm assuming this is connects via USB, so that would rule out #3, and you
state you have XP SP2 on the Laptop - so the only caveat could be #2 - try
the manufacturer's web site an see if a BIOS upgrade is available for the
Laptop model. Other than it plain old not being assigned as Walter stated,
there's not much left.

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"ms windows" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
> Hope someone can help me. I recently bought a 160G HD and partition into
> 100G / 60G. I use it as an external drive, and when i use it on my XP Pro
> laptop with SP2, i can only see the 100G portion. I tried to use it on a
> Win 2000 and XP Pro SP2 desktop, they both can see the 2 partition. Any
> idea why my laptop cannot see the 60G? Thank
>
> kaka
>