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From: dthomas1 on 15 Apr 2008 19:40 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: Arno Wagner on 15 Apr 2008 22:56 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
From: dthomas1 on 15 Apr 2008 23:43 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 Dewayne
From: BigJim on 16 Apr 2008 00:18 did you partition it correctly <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: Bob Willard on 16 Apr 2008 06:41
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? What does the BIOS show as the size? If the BIOS is reporting the wrong size, I'd try to fix that first; it may indicate that something is wrong about the HD. For example, if that HD is used or refurbed, it may have been short-stroked down from 500GB to 250GB. -- Cheers, Bob |