HELP!!!!10gig harddrive only formatting into 2 gig parts

[stant093]

why would this be happening?
i have a 10 gig harddrive here that has worked beautifully for ever, now that i have a deal going to trade it off, it will not format a 9gig partition like it allways has, only 2.4 gig partitions....wtf?
anyone have this happen to them?

What are you using to format?

Have you used 'FDISK' to see what partitions it shows?

Have you used the mfr's. utility to "verify" the drive?

[dunbar]

Macintosh or Windows?

[stant093]

its worked fine untill i wiped it clean, now using partition magic, i cant get it to make a solid 10gig +/- harddrive, only 2. something...
ill try the manuf utilities


edit win2k pro fat32 file system

Are you making a FAT partition or FAT32.

Use 'FDISK' and enable "Large Disk Support" so you can make a FAT32 partition.

Also, did you move any jumpers? Check to make sure the 2GB clip isn't on.

[stant093]

Originally posted by EvilRick


Also, did you move any jumpers? Check to make sure the 2GB clip isn't on.

arg, the easiest yet last thoguht of solution..thank you evilrick, i owe ya one...lets let this thread die so i dont look too much like a moron

Happens to the best of us.


Although I've never done it.