Two Hard Drives

[mark]

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HI
I have recently connected two hard drives of the same
make and size 120GB to my compter running XP SP1, one
master and one slave but my windows wont recognise the
slave as more than 32GB, how do i get the windows to read
the full amount of disk space.

Many Thanks.

 

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

You need to format that 120GB drive NTFS.

How to use Disk Management to configure basic disks in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;309000&Product=winxp

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Windows XP - Shell/User

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http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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"Mark" wrote:

| HI
| I have recently connected two hard drives of the same
| make and size 120GB to my compter running XP SP1, one
| master and one slave but my windows wont recognise the
| slave as more than 32GB, how do i get the windows to read
| the full amount of disk space.
|
| Many Thanks.

 

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

Yes, XP can't format >32GB as FAT32 . Also, check if there's a jumper to
limit the drive capacity. It's there with the master/slave jumpers..


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"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> kirjoitti viestissä
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> You need to format that 120GB drive NTFS.
>
> How to use Disk Management to configure basic disks in Windows XP
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;309000&Product=winxp
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP - Shell/User
>
> Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Mark" wrote:
>
> | HI
> | I have recently connected two hard drives of the same
> | make and size 120GB to my compter running XP SP1, one
> | master and one slave but my windows wont recognise the
> | slave as more than 32GB, how do i get the windows to read
> | the full amount of disk space.
> |
> | Many Thanks.