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From: Pleae on 16 Apr 2008 07:21 <dthomas1(a)san.rr.com> wrote in message news:ksea04hjk2s00fobc1t49vmh3dglhc1gi9(a)4ax.com... > > I'm running ASUS Commando MB with latest BIOS and Vista and was trying > to install a WD 500GB HD and can only get Vista to format 250 MB. Also > tried XP and 2000 and could not get them to format the full 500GB > either. Is this a limitation on these OS? What is the model of the drive?
From: Arno Wagner on 16 Apr 2008 11:53 Previously dthomas1(a)san.rr.com wrote: > On 16 Apr 2008 02:56:30 GMT, Arno Wagner <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: >>Previously dthomas1(a)san.rr.com wrote: >>> >>> I'm running ASUS Commando MB with latest BIOS and Vista and was trying >>> to install a WD 500GB HD and can only get Vista to format 250 MB. Also >>> tried XP and 2000 and could not get them to format the full 500GB >>> either. Is this a limitation on these OS? >> >>XP has a 128GiB limit without SP2. I guess w2k has it too. >>Vista has a higher limit. What do you mean by the "full >>500GB"? >> >>Arno > Neither OS would format the HD to 500GB, only 250GB Ok, is there any chance that the HDD was fraudulently mislabeled? Sometimes people put on labels from larger HDDs before making an Ebay sale. I imagine that happens in some shops as well. What is the HDD model as reported by software, e.g. the Windows system view? Arno
From: William on 16 Apr 2008 02:16 I just threw in a 500 gb drive into my computer for Christmas. Didn't have a problem to speak of. Running XP Pro SP2c. Ditto: Did you partition the hd correctly? William <dthomas1(a)san.rr.com> wrote in message news:ksea04hjk2s00fobc1t49vmh3dglhc1gi9(a)4ax.com... > > I'm running ASUS Commando MB with latest BIOS and Vista and was trying > to install a WD 500GB HD and can only get Vista to format 250 MB. Also > tried XP and 2000 and could not get them to format the full 500GB > either. Is this a limitation on these OS?
From: dthomas1 on 16 Apr 2008 17:54
On 16 Apr 2008 02:56:30 GMT, Arno Wagner <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: >Previously dthomas1(a)san.rr.com wrote: >> >> I'm running ASUS Commando MB with latest BIOS and Vista and was trying >> to install a WD 500GB HD and can only get Vista to format 250 MB. Also >> tried XP and 2000 and could not get them to format the full 500GB >> either. Is this a limitation on these OS? > >XP has a 128GiB limit without SP2. I guess w2k has it too. >Vista has a higher limit. What do you mean by the "full >500GB"? Prior to using a 500GB HD and installing XP or Vista and not wanting multi partions I just stuck the HD in ,making sure the BIOS detected it and install the OS. Whent asked if I wanted to use the entire HD I said yes and the OS formated the drive and that was it. With the 500GB HD the OS only formatted 250GB of the drive. That was my question, is that a limitation on the OS. Any way, I formatted 500GB HD with Partition Magic and then installed Vista. Works fine and I have a single partion as I wanted in the first p[lace. Thanks anyway,guys, for the suggestion. > >Arno |