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80 GB IDE HDD showing only 34Gb
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Hi
I bought 80 gb IDE HD for celeron PC as secondary HD When i installed the hd it suppose to show the full volume of 80 gb but it was showing only 34gb. I thought this celeron PC may not support such big HD So I tried the same HD on Core 2 Duo PC But there also it is showing 34 Gb pls tell me how do i solve this problem
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Ramakant
I bought 80 gb IDE HD for celeron PC as secondary HD When i installed the hd it suppose to show the full volume of 80 gb but it was showing only 34gb. I thought this celeron PC may not support such big HD So I tried the same HD on Core 2 Duo PC But there also it is showing 34 Gb pls tell me how do i solve this problem
Thanks
Best Regd:
Ramakant
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Has either drive undergone a FDISK, FORMAT?
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Check to ensure size limit jumper is not installed.
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does it show the correct size in the BIOS. if yo got a cd with the drive use it to set up the drive to run an operating system
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Originally Posted by bobbyraw 
does it show the correct size in the BIOS. if yo got a cd with the drive use it to set up the drive to run an operating system
Dear Friend
In the bios setting also showing 34 Gb is there jumper setting ?
This is Seagate 80 GB HD
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Did you check for a size limit jumper? Here are Seagate jumper settings.
http://www.seagate.com/images/suppor...5_family_1.gif
http://www.seagate.com/images/suppor...5_family_1.gif
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Originally Posted by willcomp
Did you check for a size limit jumper? Here are Seagate jumper settings.
http://www.seagate.com/images/suppor...5_family_1.gif
Dear Friend
Yes the jumper setting was wrong .Your information help a lot
Thank you once again thanks for this help
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Ramakant
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