Hard Drive Problem

Kniterider · March 21st, 2007

Hi all...

I'm having a problem getting windows to recognize my Western Digital 250gb HDD it's EIDE connection and the model is WD2500JBRTL. Windows sees the drive as only 32gb. I am running an asus p5pe-vm motherboard with an intel 4 3.0ghz chip. Any help would really be appreciated.
Thanks in advance

KR

Panda Man · March 21st, 2007

Sounds to me like windows formatted it incorrectly, download swissknife

CompuApps, Inc. - Download Swissknife

and try resizing the partition to its full size (note that you won't actually get the full 250GB, it will only be something such as 245GB after formatting)

Kniterider · March 21st, 2007

Cool thanks for the info panda man

**stinger608** · March 21st, 2007

the other thing to look at is to make sure you have the jumper in the proper position. If you have the jumper on the size limiting posts, this could be the cause.

March 21st, 2007	#1
Kniterider Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 10	Hard Drive Problem Hi all... I'm having a problem getting windows to recognize my Western Digital 250gb HDD it's EIDE connection and the model is WD2500JBRTL. Windows sees the drive as only 32gb. I am running an asus p5pe-vm motherboard with an intel 4 3.0ghz chip. Any help would really be appreciated. Thanks in advance KR

March 21st, 2007	#2
Panda Man Meow means woof in cat. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Elba, AL Posts: 1,907	Re: Hard Drive Problem Sounds to me like windows formatted it incorrectly, download swissknife CompuApps, Inc. - Download Swissknife and try resizing the partition to its full size (note that you won't actually get the full 250GB, it will only be something such as 245GB after formatting) Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe @ 2.80GHz Cooler Master GeminII - Thanks Rich and HL! GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 (rev. 1.3) EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB @ 726/962 CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (4 x 1GB) DDR2-800 OCZ GameXStream 600W PSU Maxtor 300GB 7200RPM SATA150 16MB cache HDD Seagate 500GB 7200ROM SATA300 16mb cache HDD Sony NEC Optiarc 18X DVD±R DVD Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 ZyXel m-202 802.11g adapter Antec Nine Hundred Creative 5.1 speakers Viewsonic Optiquest q20wb 20" LCD

March 21st, 2007	#3
Kniterider Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 10	Re: Hard Drive Problem Cool thanks for the info panda man

March 21st, 2007	#4
stinger608 The Real Final Word Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In the Zone! Posts: 2,564 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Hard Drive Problem the other thing to look at is to make sure you have the jumper in the proper position. If you have the jumper on the size limiting posts, this could be the cause.

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