Limit drive capacity

by **agronk** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:29 am

I have Maxtor 6y080lo 80Gb HDD
QDI P6I 440 BrillianX IS/2000 mobo
I updated with new`st bios
but when I put jumper in HDD like master or slave system starts but hangs
but it works with limit drive capacity half size
any sugestion???

by cp » Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:38 am

which OS will you use? if it is Windows 2000/XP/Vista or Linux you can set the limit capacity jumper, install the OS and access the rest of the drive's space once the OS is loaded.

by **agronk** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:04 pm

Well this is my oldest pc which I use just for downloads
PIII-500mghz 512 mb ram etc.
Before u used windows 98 but now windows 2000 pro
maybe I can use some kind of program which allows me to enable the rest size of HDD like logical part
Thanks
Ps about bios version I tryed everything in every way but that`s it

by cp » Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:34 am

with Windows 2000 there is no need for a special program or a bios update. just make sure to have at least SP4 and all chipset drivers (if not build in already) installed. you can use the inbuild partition software to access the rest of the HDD's capacity you couldn't see during the installation.

by **Amok2** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 3:23 am

see recent thread & solution on similar issue posted by me (amok2)