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my p4 2.0ghz, 512ram PC has got 40g hard drive when I got it 3 years ago, I thought. on properties it says it has 30G capacity with fat32 and no other partitions...whats going on. any ideas? |
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gp wrote:
hi my p4 2.0ghz, 512ram PC has got 40g hard drive when I got it 3 years ago, I thought. on properties it says it has 30G capacity with fat32 and no other partitions...whats going on. any ideas? when you first installed the drive you must have partitioned it incorrectly |
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"philo" wrote in message ... gp wrote: hi my p4 2.0ghz, 512ram PC has got 40g hard drive when I got it 3 years ago, I thought. on properties it says it has 30G capacity with fat32 and no other partitions...whats going on. any ideas? when you first installed the drive you must have partitioned it incorrectly no, no there is only 1 partition , I checked all of this. |
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There is a jumper setting on the back of some drives that limits them to 32gb.. the way that Windows shows drive size, it would appear as 30gb.. check jumper settings.. remove any unnecessary jumpers, then use Disk Management to reclaim the lost space.. -- Mike Hall MVP - Windows Shell/user http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "gp" grum@invalid wrote in message u... hi my p4 2.0ghz, 512ram PC has got 40g hard drive when I got it 3 years ago, I thought. on properties it says it has 30G capacity with fat32 and no other partitions...whats going on. any ideas? |
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Windows XP will only create FAT32 up to 32 gig partitions. If you want
to create and format a 40 gig as FAT32 you will have to use one of the DOS Windows versions of FDISK. gp wrote: hi my p4 2.0ghz, 512ram PC has got 40g hard drive when I got it 3 years ago, I thought. on properties it says it has 30G capacity with fat32 and no other partitions...whats going on. any ideas? |
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He used FAT32 as the format.
Mike Hall (MS-MVP) wrote: gp There is a jumper setting on the back of some drives that limits them to 32gb.. the way that Windows shows drive size, it would appear as 30gb.. check jumper settings.. remove any unnecessary jumpers, then use Disk Management to reclaim the lost space.. |
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"Bob I" wrote in message ... Windows XP will only create FAT32 up to 32 gig partitions. If you want to create and format a 40 gig as FAT32 you will have to use one of the DOS Windows versions of FDISK. gp wrote: hi my p4 2.0ghz, 512ram PC has got 40g hard drive when I got it 3 years ago, I thought. on properties it says it has 30G capacity with fat32 and no other partitions...whats going on. any ideas? my dad has winxp and 80g HD and 1 partition and fat32. no problem I installed it myself.... |
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"Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" wrote in message ... gp There is a jumper setting on the back of some drives that limits them to 32gb.. the way that Windows shows drive size, it would appear as 30gb.. check jumper settings.. remove any unnecessary jumpers, then use Disk Management to reclaim the lost space.. -- Mike Hall MVP - Windows Shell/user http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "gp" grum@invalid wrote in message u... hi my p4 2.0ghz, 512ram PC has got 40g hard drive when I got it 3 years ago, I thought. on properties it says it has 30G capacity with fat32 and no other partitions...whats going on. any ideas? could you tell me how to remove unecessary jumpers, I know you just switch them up or down but who can you tell what to switch? |
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"gp" grum@invalid wrote in message
... "Bob I" wrote in message ... Windows XP will only create FAT32 up to 32 gig partitions. If you want to create and format a 40 gig as FAT32 you will have to use one of the DOS Windows versions of FDISK. gp wrote: hi my p4 2.0ghz, 512ram PC has got 40g hard drive when I got it 3 years ago, I thought. on properties it says it has 30G capacity with fat32 and no other partitions...whats going on. any ideas? my dad has winxp and 80g HD and 1 partition and fat32. no problem I installed it myself.... Then you didn't use Windows XP to partition and format the drive. http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314463 Kerry |
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The jumpers located on hard drives are not switches that you can just flick.. got to the hard drive manufacturer web site for info on the jumper settings and then compare with the settings on the back of the hard drive.. there will probably be two jumpers set, one for 'master' and the other for the 32 gb limit.. remove the appropriate jumper if fitted.. Good luck -- Mike Hall MVP - Windows Shell/user http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "gp" grum@invalid wrote in message ... "Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" wrote in message ... gp There is a jumper setting on the back of some drives that limits them to 32gb.. the way that Windows shows drive size, it would appear as 30gb.. check jumper settings.. remove any unnecessary jumpers, then use Disk Management to reclaim the lost space.. -- Mike Hall MVP - Windows Shell/user http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "gp" grum@invalid wrote in message u... hi my p4 2.0ghz, 512ram PC has got 40g hard drive when I got it 3 years ago, I thought. on properties it says it has 30G capacity with fat32 and no other partitions...whats going on. any ideas? could you tell me how to remove unecessary jumpers, I know you just switch them up or down but who can you tell what to switch? |
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But you didn't do it using Windows XP, which is what I told you. You may
want to Press F1 and read up on FAT32 for WindowsXP. gp wrote: "Bob I" wrote in message ... Windows XP will only create FAT32 up to 32 gig partitions. If you want to create and format a 40 gig as FAT32 you will have to use one of the DOS Windows versions of FDISK. gp wrote: hi my p4 2.0ghz, 512ram PC has got 40g hard drive when I got it 3 years ago, I thought. on properties it says it has 30G capacity with fat32 and no other partitions...whats going on. any ideas? my dad has winxp and 80g HD and 1 partition and fat32. no problem I installed it myself.... |
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