HDD Problem

[tharkiman]

I have a Samsung HDD (SP0822N). Its capacity is 80GB but the computer is showing its capacity as 31.2GB. What happened to the rest of the space? Please help.

[samrulez]

go to disk management tool and see if all the space is formated.

[Third Eye]

Originally Posted by tharkiman

I have a Samsung HDD (SP0822N). Its capacity is 80GB but the computer is showing its capacity as 31.2GB. What happened to the rest of the space? Please help.

Have you created only 1 Disk (means C Drive) ?

[Stalker]

how many partitions?? have u formatted the entire drive??
goto disk management and check..

[tharkiman]

Yes, i've formatted all the space/the entire drive.....the disk management just isn't showing the rest of the space, i've also tried with Norton Partition Magic... it's just showing 31.2GB of space..

[Third Eye]

Use partition magic and get back the free space by creating a new disk.

open the cabinet and make sure there's "80 GB" written. Alternatively get your HD to yuor buddy's PC and then check.

[tharkiman]

Of course....there's 80GB written.... I've used it B4... this all happened after a windows crash (requiring reinstallation of OS) -> inaccesible harddisk (when installed windows on another HDD nd tried to access this 1) -> data recovery -> format

Initially Norton Partition Magic was showing two partitions (total space 80GB)... then i deleted all of them ... then formatted ..... result was 31.2 GB

[Stalker]

^^try Acronics Partition Expert or Partition Magic..........they may detect the inaccessible disk space

[tharkiman]

Originally Posted by Stalker

^^try Acronics Partition Expert or Partition Magic..........they may detect the inaccessible disk space

tht dint work...

[rocksmart1]

Mr India Did U See The Jumper Setting Because In Jumper Setting U Can Restrict Ur Hdd To 32gb , So See It.good Luck.

[dabster]

I too think the problem is due to Jumper setting....
Hey tharkiman Reply even if you have already figured out that.

[shashank4u]

how can we restrict hdd capacity to 32 gb with jumper settings
plz let me know.

[jz2linkinpark]

format your drive again

[Rollercoaster]

Originally Posted by shashank4u

how can we restrict hdd capacity to 32 gb with jumper settings
plz let me know.

read the manual..
there is a jumper pin set.. which u can short using a jumper.. to enable smaller size.. this feature is for older boards which can recog new drivers

[techtronic]

The jumper restriction was actually due to the fact that the FAT 32 file system cannot have a partition size of more than 32 GB.
It was actually enabled by a jumper setting for Windows 95/98
Seagate HDDs have this setting by putting the jumper in fourth slot under jumper setting (Correct me if am wrong)
I dont know about other HDDs

[sysfilez]

make sure it is set to master or slave, jus chek whether u have 2 jumpers if yes remove one. use a win xp bootable disc and create partitions/format.
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Originally Posted by Rollercoaster

read the manual..
there is a jumper pin set.. which u can short using a jumper.. to enable smaller size.. this feature is for older boards which can recog new drivers

agree with rollercoaster.
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also chek whether ur mobo support large size disc.

[ajeesh]

check ur jumper settings.....we can limit capaity to 32GB using jumper settings

[tharkiman]

ok i'll try this.....n tell u
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k cool.......everythins alrite now/////thnx ppl

[jeetu]

32 Gb jumper setting was implemented because some old motherboards's bios cant reconize Hard Disk above 32 GB. This setting makes atleast a 80 gb hdd work with those motherboards despite losing more than 60% of space.

[sourav]

check jumper settings of your harddisks

[sree_shan]

first check the jumper settings ... and if u finds everything is fine then ....
goto the computer management -> disk management ....
and check whether there is any free space showing .... if so create new drives.....

[tharkiman]

yea......thanxx every1.. the problem has been resolved