WD1000 only 30 GB?

[knight0]

hi
i just bought the WD1000 for my pc, and for some reason, fdisk says it is only 30 GB in size. it also says 30 GB in the virtual memory window. but under 'my computer', it does display 100 GB. is this normal, or did i mess up somewhere? i also get a message now during boot-up about 40-pin and 80-pin and something about ultra33. sorry, but this is all foreign language to me. hope someone will help me.

 

[Lars_Coleman]

First you will need to get an 80wire 40pin Ultra cable. So run down to CompUSA to get that. The cable will have a blue, greay, and black connector on it.

For 30GB in fdisk, it could be an <A HREF="http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q263/0/44.ASP" target="_new"><font color=green>fdisk limitation</font color=green></A> of 64GB. You could get a patch for that from microsoft to see if that resolves the problem.

If you have system information then that would help also.

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[knight0]

thanks Lars_Coleman.

that patch fixed the wrong disk size being displayed in fdisk. but can you tell me more about this 80wire 40pin ultra cable?

if i use this cable, i can utilize ultra66, right? do i need anything else? i'm using the Asus A7V133 motherboard. i got this info from Asus' site: "Promise® PCI-ATA100 controller for UltraDMA/100." does that mean there's a ultra100? how do i find out whether i'm using ultra33 or ultra66? and what are these numbers referring to? what is ata100, ultra66, and raid0? i keep seeing these terms but can't find what they mean, not even at tomshardware.com

sorry to bombard you all with so many questions, but any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[Lars_Coleman]

The 80wire Ultra cable will allow you to access speeds of 66, 100, and 133. Without it the newer controllers automatically put you to 33, as you have noticed.

<font color=orange><i>"Promise® PCI-ATA100 controller for UltraDMA/100."</i></font color=orange> That tells you that the motherboard supports up to UDMA/ATA100.

Your BIOS will probably report the drive in modes or it will spacifically tell you if its running in ATA100 or 66. If it doesn't the modes will be anywhere from 2-6. <font color=green>**Example:</font color=green> UDMA/ATA133 = Mode 6, UDMA/ATA100 = Mode 5, UDMA/ATA66 = Mode 4, and DMA33 = 2.

ATA100 and 66 are basically the same type of thing. ATA100 is a spec that will allow you to get burst transfers of 100MB/sec and the UDMA/ATA66 spec will allow 66MB/sec.

RAID stands for Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks. So you would basically have multiple hard drives striped or mirrored to provide security or performance. <font color=red>**Note:</font color=red> You have to have a special controller for this feature.

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[knight0]

thanks again. you've been a great help.

 

[Lars_Coleman]

Thanks!

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