re: Maxtor 40GB H/D giving me 6.97 GB Why?? Thursday, August 4, 2005 at 8:42 am Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by MarkosJal (2 messages posted) Here is My advice whgich presents the Logical steps to take. First make sure you have Jumpers for master slave set correctly on all drives, and that the master drive is always connected to the END of the cable while slave is connected in the middle Second, make sure you have proper BIOS support for the drive. Usually the easiest way to do this is to enter in the BIOS setup, and select AUTO for that drive. Some BIOSes you must also put the LBA selection in manually or select AUTO as well. Third, windows SHOULD detect the drive automatically once it is properly configured. Notes> if your BIOS date shows something older than 1999, your system may support a maximum sixe of 8 Gig. IF that is the case, you can install Maxtor's drive installation utilities which should be available on the maxtor web site. * I think you said the drive was a MAxtor. I have a system with a BIOS date of 1997 and it supports larger than 8 Gig drives. However too , I ALWAYS use the MAxtor Utility on my Maxtor drives, because I frequently move drives from system to system. When I move them, I have no problem reading them on whatever system. Some versions of the maxtor utilities also include diagnostics, to see if you hjave a BIOS incompatibility or whether you need the software. At least, they check compatibility and format the drive usually ensuring greatest compatibility. On Wednesday, August 3, 2005 at 11:32 pm, Aun wrote: >i had the same problem once with my HD. i downloaded a program called Partition Magic >and it showed me a huge amout of drive space was unused. i just had to make a few >changes and got the space back. there are many programs like this one. try searching >the web. >And yea, the hd will show u lower disk space then it actually says, but the diffrence >is only of about a gig or 2. > > > Written in response to: re: Maxtor 40GB H/D giving me 6.97 GB Why?? (Aun: Wednesday, August 3, 2005 at 11:32 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Maxtor 40GB H/D giving me 6.97 GB Why?? (Ricky: Wed, Aug 3, 2005, 1:58 pm) re: Maxtor 40GB H/D giving me 6.97 GB Why?? (Jack Gulley: Wed, Aug 3, 2005, 2:50 pm) re: Maxtor 40GB H/D giving me 6.97 GB Why?? (Aun: Wed, Aug 3, 2005, 11:32 pm) re: Maxtor 40GB H/D giving me 6.97 GB Why?? (MarkosJal: Thu, Aug 4, 2005, 8:42 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Me Discussion Forum