HD shows incorrect size !

[judderman]

Hi, I just bought a Samsung SV1204H 120GB Hard Drive and the problem is when I use FDisk or Partition Magic it is only showing about 31GB, This problem is driving me crazy, any help would be great thanks.

[twiztidtruckie]

Alright, this is what you should check first:

At the rear of the drive there are jumper(s) which dictate which size, and setting the drive will be. With samsung drives usually you are needing (2) jumpers to use all the drives capability. On the jumper setting tag (on top of the drive), look for the jumper settings that will say (upper 32mb) and (master/slave/cable select)(which ever it is). Place the jumpers correctly on the pins ( you will use 2 jumpers) and set it for whatever position it will be used as. (master/slave/cable select). Then re install the drive, and enter your C-MOS settings, and auto detect the drive...it should now be shown as a 120GB drive. That should correct the problem.

If any other questions feel free to PM me.

Truckie

PS: WELCOME TO TECHIMO!!!

[judderman]

Sweet Jesus truckie, I've spent the whole weekend frying my brain with this and your right, thanks very much !