HDD Problem · DIGIT-ARC

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I have a Samsung HDD (SP0822N). Its capacity is 80GB but the computer is showing its capacity as 31.2GB. What happened to the rest of the space? Please help.

go to disk management tool and see if all the space is formated.

tharkiman said:
I have a Samsung HDD (SP0822N). Its capacity is 80GB but the computer is showing its capacity as 31.2GB. What happened to the rest of the space? Please help.

Have you created only 1 Disk (means C Drive) ?

how many partitions?? have u formatted the entire drive??
goto disk management and check..

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Yes, i've formatted all the space/the entire drive.....the disk management just isn't showing the rest of the space, i've also tried with Norton Partition Magic... it's just showing 31.2GB of space..

Use partition magic and get back the free space by creating a new disk.

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open the cabinet and make sure there's "80 GB" written. Alternatively get your HD to yuor buddy's PC and then check.

T

Of course....there's 80GB written.... I've used it B4... this all happened after a windows crash (requiring reinstallation of OS) -> inaccesible harddisk (when installed windows on another HDD nd tried to access this 1) -> data recovery -> format

Initially Norton Partition Magic was showing two partitions (total space 80GB)... then i deleted all of them ... then formatted ..... result was 31.2 GB

^^try Acronics Partition Expert or Partition Magic..........they may detect the inaccessible disk space

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Stalker said:
^^try Acronics Partition Expert or Partition Magic..........they may detect the inaccessible disk space

tht dint work...

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Mr India Did U See The Jumper Setting Because In Jumper Setting U Can Restrict Ur Hdd To 32gb , So See It.good Luck.

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I too think the problem is due to Jumper setting....
Hey tharkiman Reply even if you have already figured out that.

how can we restrict hdd capacity to 32 gb with jumper settings
plz let me know.

format your drive again

shashank4u said:
how can we restrict hdd capacity to 32 gb with jumper settings
plz let me know.

read the manual..
there is a jumper pin set.. which u can short using a jumper.. to enable smaller size.. this feature is for older boards which can recog new drivers

The jumper restriction was actually due to the fact that the FAT 32 file system cannot have a partition size of more than 32 GB.
It was actually enabled by a jumper setting for Windows 95/98
Seagate HDDs have this setting by putting the jumper in fourth slot under jumper setting (Correct me if am wrong)
I dont know about other HDDs

make sure it is set to master or slave, jus chek whether u have 2 jumpers if yes remove one. use a win xp bootable disc and create partitions/format.
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Rollercoaster said:
read the manual..
there is a jumper pin set.. which u can short using a jumper.. to enable smaller size.. this feature is for older boards which can recog new drivers

agree with rollercoaster.
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also chek whether ur mobo support large size disc.

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check ur jumper settings.....we can limit capaity to 32GB using jumper settings

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ok i'll try this.....n tell u
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k cool.......everythins alrite now/////thnx ppl

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32 Gb jumper setting was implemented because some old motherboards's bios cant reconize Hard Disk above 32 GB. This setting makes atleast a 80 gb hdd work with those motherboards despite losing more than 60% of space.

check jumper settings of your harddisks

first check the jumper settings ... and if u finds everything is fine then ....
goto the computer management -> disk management ....
and check whether there is any free space showing .... if so create new drives.....

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yea......thanxx every1.. the problem has been resolved