Help with a Maxtor 250 Gb SATA

PC_Inquisitor · Feb 20, 2006, 01:32 AM

Hi, I bought a 250 Gb sata disk. I installed Windows XP Professional and later sp2. The problem is windows detects only half of it's capacity free. I tried intall windows again, and the same problem ocurred. What can I do to have my full capacity?
i have a MSI K8 Neo 2 Platinum Nforce 3 ultra.

niceguyrichy · Feb 20, 2006, 01:45 AM

windows xp won't regognise a drive of that capacity

you have to partition it pretty much down the middle before windows will regognise the space

edit: sorry for the short answer, i was rushed

windows only recognises 137GB's of space on an ata drive as a single partition.

if you are running a single partition you need a secondary partition to see the space, one 137gb partition and whatevers left of your 250

of course, if you've already partitioned and it's a completely different problem, let the questions fly

PC_Inquisitor · Feb 20, 2006, 03:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by niceguyrichy

windows xp won't regognise a drive of that capacity

you have to partition it pretty much down the middle before windows will regognise the space

edit: sorry for the short answer, i was rushed

windows only recognises 137GB's of space on an ata drive as a single partition.

if you are running a single partition you need a secondary partition to see the space, one 137gb partition and whatevers left of your 250

of course, if you've already partitioned and it's a completely different problem, let the questions fly

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Windows recognizes a 233 Gb drive. I used Partition Magic 8, because windows made what you said, but now, it has half of it's space ocuped by nonexistent files; if I try to make a partition, partition magic takes that space like used space. Some people recomended to me to format my drive with Windows XP Professional sp2. I used the first version of windows xp pro. I think the problem is I'm usign my ATA with and 80 Gb IDE drive. But, if I dissconect the IDE hd, but the problem was the same.

swimtech · Feb 20, 2006, 03:52 AM

Use the Maxtor software that came with your drive or the Maxblast software from the Maxtor web site. You should be able to use that software to delete the previous partitions and start over - shouldn't be a problem...

The_Neon_Cowboy · Feb 20, 2006, 03:58 AM

you need to make a windows XP sp2 slipstream CD to install your windows
from, you shouldn't be instaling XP sp1 and uping to sp2 anyways. You get
the best result from a slipstream CD.....

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search

You can delete the partion and create a new partition that spans the
whole drive right from the windows installer.....

PC_Inquisitor · Feb 22, 2006, 12:20 AM

Thanks to all for your help. I solved my prioblem with the simplest way: I only used windows scandisk and it fixed the problem. You now know it

Feb 20, 2006, 01:32 AM	#1
PC_Inquisitor HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Mexico City Posts: 91 Rep Power: 0	Help with a Maxtor 250 Gb SATA Hi, I bought a 250 Gb sata disk. I installed Windows XP Professional and later sp2. The problem is windows detects only half of it's capacity free. I tried intall windows again, and the same problem ocurred. What can I do to have my full capacity? i have a MSI K8 Neo 2 Platinum Nforce 3 ultra.

Feb 20, 2006, 01:45 AM	#2
niceguyrichy hunter of tablets Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: spread all over my keyboard.. Posts: 6,870 Rep Power: 302 System Specs	windows xp won't regognise a drive of that capacity you have to partition it pretty much down the middle before windows will regognise the space edit: sorry for the short answer, i was rushed windows only recognises 137GB's of space on an ata drive as a single partition. if you are running a single partition you need a secondary partition to see the space, one 137gb partition and whatevers left of your 250 of course, if you've already partitioned and it's a completely different problem, let the questions fly Last edited by niceguyrichy; Feb 20, 2006 at 01:56 AM.

Feb 20, 2006, 03:52 AM	#4
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	Use the Maxtor software that came with your drive or the Maxblast software from the Maxtor web site. You should be able to use that software to delete the previous partitions and start over - shouldn't be a problem... __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

Feb 20, 2006, 03:58 AM	#5
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	you need to make a windows XP sp2 slipstream CD to install your windows from, you shouldn't be instaling XP sp1 and uping to sp2 anyways. You get the best result from a slipstream CD..... http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search You can delete the partion and create a new partition that spans the whole drive right from the windows installer..... __________________

Feb 22, 2006, 12:20 AM	Thread Starter #6
PC_Inquisitor HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Mexico City Posts: 91 Rep Power: 0	Thanks to all for your help. I solved my prioblem with the simplest way: I only used windows scandisk and it fixed the problem. You now know it