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Title: Techy Help - Rebuilt PC limiting HDD size. Post by: Bewster on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 08:15:43 Just built a backup desktop from bits of old pc's lying around. I installed an old sata 500gb HDD.
As I only have an old copy of windows xp 1 I installed this, followed by downloading SP2 and SP3 and all the updates. It is only showing a HDD of about 137gb. Is there a simple fix to correct this - I have had a look in bios and can't seem find anything. Cheers. Title: Re: Techy Help - Rebuilt PC limiting HDD size. Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 08:20:25 Check the hard drive jumpers that arent set to limit to 137gb, it says on the side of the HDD where the jumpers should be set mate..
Title: Re: Techy Help - Rebuilt PC limiting HDD size. Post by: Bewster on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 08:24:48 I was using it as a slave before at 500gb - does this change that ?
Title: Re: Techy Help - Rebuilt PC limiting HDD size. Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 08:26:47 Also has it been recognised in the bios as 500gb? are you installing an OS onto the HDD? or is it an extra drive, if its an extra drive do a low level format of it as the pc that it was formatted on may have had an OS limit of 137GB FAT32 make sure its formatted in NTFS.
Title: Re: Techy Help - Rebuilt PC limiting HDD size. Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 08:33:19 Run a low level reformat on it as NTFS, you can do that in windows with a low level format tool like HDD Low Level Format Tool 4.25, does exactly what it says on the tin, or by booting into the drive from the install disk and doing a full format on there and stopping the instalation before it starts copying files and swapping back over to the proper boot drive.
Title: Re: Techy Help - Rebuilt PC limiting HDD size. Post by: Bewster on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 08:34:01 It is a master drive. I'll have a look again in the bios again tonight.
I was reading on line that XP sp1 only recognises up to 137gb ? Title: Re: Techy Help - Rebuilt PC limiting HDD size. Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 08:39:10 There is a limit of 137gb on pre SP1 XP I believe on ATA drives not SATA.
Title: Re: Techy Help - Rebuilt PC limiting HDD size. Post by: Bewster on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 08:39:57 Run a low level reformat on it as NTFS, you can do that in windows with a low level format tool like HDD Low Level Format Tool 4.25, does exactly what it says on the tin, or by booting into the drive from the install disk and doing a full format on there and stopping the instalation before it starts copying files and swapping back over to the proper boot drive. This is the sort of answer that scares me :headhurts: Title: Re: Techy Help - Rebuilt PC limiting HDD size. Post by: Peter Venkman on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 08:42:25 This is the sort of answer that scares me :headhurts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNIxBduGxeg That includes links to download the software too. Title: Re: Techy Help - Rebuilt PC limiting HDD size. Post by: Bewster on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 08:48:09 Cheers JJ
Title: Re: Techy Help - Rebuilt PC limiting HDD size. Post by: Power to people on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 11:50:11 Did you clear all partitions before rebuilding it and make it one partition
Title: Re: Techy Help - Rebuilt PC limiting HDD size. Post by: Bewster on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 11:58:26 Did you clear all partitions before rebuilding it and make it one partition yes Title: Re: Techy Help - Rebuilt PC limiting HDD size. Post by: jonny72 on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 14:12:15 This is the limit with XP pre-SP1 - doesn't matter what type of drive it is.
You need to get a newer XP installer (SP1 or later) or use a partition manager to reclaim the extra space. If you're feeling adventurous, then you could always create your own XP SP3 installer by slipstreaming the service packs in to your current installer. Title: Re: Techy Help - Rebuilt PC limiting HDD size. Post by: Bewster on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 14:17:00 If you're feeling adventurous, then you could always create your own XP SP3 installer by slipstreaming the service packs in to your current installer. eeeeeeek !! The IT guys at work have given me G Parted on cd to use. Fingers crossed Title: Re: Techy Help - Rebuilt PC limiting HDD size. Post by: Samdy Gray on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 14:36:08 GParted will sort it easily. Increasing the partition size is a piece of cake.
Title: Re: Techy Help - Rebuilt PC limiting HDD size. Post by: Bewster on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 14:41:18 GParted will sort it easily. Increasing the partition size is a piece of cake. Lets hope so. I'm not the most technically minded. On another issue can anyone recommend an backup/imaging software ? Title: Re: Techy Help - Rebuilt PC limiting HDD size. Post by: Batch on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 17:51:39 On another issue can anyone recommend an backup/imaging software ? To create a complete image of the HDD? I used Norton Ghost last time, it worked great but its hardly bleeding edge, nor free. Title: Re: Techy Help - Rebuilt PC limiting HDD size. Post by: jonny72 on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 18:03:11 If you've got a decent internet connection I'd go for one of the online backups, eg Backblaze or Mozy. Costs under £5 a month, is a lot easier than local backups and gives the added security of an offsite backup.
Another option if you haven't got much data is one of the online drive services (Google, Microsoft, Dropbox). Just create an account then copy all your data over every week or so. Title: Re: Techy Help - Rebuilt PC limiting HDD size. Post by: Bewster on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 18:54:18 GParted was the kiddy and I now have 500gb - wooohoo.
Batch - I have an old copy of Ghost so will give it a go. Cheers everyone. |