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doublefresh
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posted 08-15-2005 07:09 PM
    
200 GB Drive.118GB Healthy logical drive, music storage 10 GB Heathy primary partition The rest of the drive will not hold data ??? Over 80 GB of free space but it only shows 1004 MB of free space. I've deleted it, reformatted it, scan disked it, disk keepered it, renammed it and either it chooses not to let me format it or lets me format it but then shows only 1004 mb as being free. Any suggestions? After running 20 anti virus programs I think I am finally virus free for the first time in 2 months, well if you don't count those damn crabs and herpes....
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doublefresh
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posted 08-15-2005 07:24 PM
ok, Something Very odd.....The drive works when I do a "Quick Format" rather than a normal format.... Any idea of why this would happen? Tried deleting the "Quick format" and doing a normal format and the same thing.... It won't let me or it shows the drive as being 99% full... But again if I do a "Quick format" it works fine..... Argh, frigging computers, or operator error???
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AcidWarp
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posted 08-15-2005 09:52 PM
Question, are all of these partitions created as primary partitions? Or are they 1 primary, and 1 extended partition with 2 logical partitions in it?IIRC Windows won't recognize more than 2 primary partitions (properly). Are you partitioning during the WinXP setup? If so, try just doing your main partition, then doing the rest of them in windows, using an extended partition in order to create the other two. [ 08-15-2005: Message edited by: AcidWarp ] [ 08-15-2005: Message edited by: AcidWarp ] -------------------- “I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.” “Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.” --Dr. Stephen Hawking.
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AcidWarp
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posted 08-15-2005 10:20 PM
I had assumed Windows XP, but I should ask. Which version of Windows. If it's 98, then I'll get willy to put on his jousting kit, get on his bike and chase you down.[ 08-15-2005: Message edited by: AcidWarp ] -------------------- “I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.” “Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.” --Dr. Stephen Hawking.
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Wintermute
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posted 08-15-2005 11:14 PM
Sounds like the 137G limit (28-bit addressing)... XP Home/Pro SP1 or higher..For Win2K Pro/Server SP3 or higher (also enable 48-bit lba in registry; see M$ support article 305098). If that doesn't work, make sure your BIOS is up to date. If your using a 3rd party host bus adapter like SIIG, SI, Promise, etc, make sure its firmware and drivers are up to date. - If it's anything less than an ATA/100 card, it won't work. I don't think a 40 conductor cable will do anything adverse beyond bumping you down to UDMA Mode 2 (33M/s burst) very slow... You def want an 80 cable, though. If all else fails, maybe try a dynamic drive overlay.. If your system is fairly modern, though, the very first suggestion should work. -------------------- Verdammt durch das Fleisch. Gerettet durch das Blut.
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Wintermute
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posted 08-16-2005 07:15 PM
It really does look like a common 137G capacity limitation. Your OS looks good. That means the problem is probably your BIOS. Update it to the latest version, and then XP should see/format the drive to full capacity.That should only take you a few minutes, and it's better than formatting and reinstalling XP which probably wouldn't resolve the problem. -------------------- Verdammt durch das Fleisch. Gerettet durch das Blut.
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AcidWarp
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posted 08-16-2005 09:22 PM
XP doesn't need 48bit LBA turned on that was a Windows 2000 limitation.-------------------- “I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.” “Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.” --Dr. Stephen Hawking.
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Wintermute
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posted 08-16-2005 09:56 PM
5GB? I'm sure it depends on how you use your machine, but I couldn't get by with that little. XP itself takes 2GBs or so, and with the disk overhead of system restore and the recycling bin my system would run like molasses, not to mention using the page file which is supposed to end up being something like 2.5 x memory.AW.. XP previous to 2002 shipped with 28 bit addressing. Only after SP1 was it able to see more than 137G without a 3rd party controller or DDO. Google it or something. Speaking of storage.. I found this on Anand... i-RAM drive.. benchmarked at being 6 times faster than a Raptor although it doesn't always test out that way. Kinda interesting. i-RAM -------------------- Verdammt durch das Fleisch. Gerettet durch das Blut.
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AcidWarp
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posted 08-16-2005 10:06 PM
Ah yes Mute. Although, XP didn't really need 48bit address till after SP1 anyway, so, as far as it goes, it's a moot point.-------------------- “I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.” “Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.” --Dr. Stephen Hawking.
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AcidWarp
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posted 08-17-2005 11:12 AM
really? That's weird. I watched my boss add a 250GB to his a about 8 months ago, and it worked fine.Mute, it helps me sleep just fine thank you  -------------------- “I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.” “Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.” --Dr. Stephen Hawking.
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Cacophonous
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posted 08-17-2005 07:53 PM
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Originally posted by burble:
my windows partition is 5GB, and that includes any apps not installed from CD (photoshop and stuff like that goes on the same partition as my games) and the page file.
5GB is not enough for XP even with your paging file on another partition. You need more room for temp files, etc. Your paging file should be on it's own partition but also on a drive other than the drive that contains your OS partition. It's size should be no more than 4 times the size of your memory, 3 times is enough. They claim the paging file partition should be Fat32 not NTFS for better performance. Oh and both hard drives (OS and Paging file) should be set to master on seperate channels. -------------------- ...
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