RE : DISK DRIVE SPACE

Hi,
I am using WIn98SE and I installed a new quantum ata 100 20gig drive. I have partioned the whole drive as D and when I click on my computer and display the space it only displays 2gigs of space.
I have it formated as 32bit.
I am puzzled by this not displaying the full 20gig hard drive space.
Please can you help me solve this problem.
Regards
Kamlesh

1. RE: RE : DISK DRIVE SPACE
lbyard Aug-08-01 06:21 PM
In response to message 0

It looks like the drive was parted and formatted as a FAT16 vice a FAT32 drive, but Windows could be lying. How are you checking the drive size? Right click the drive, Properties. View the partition/format with fdisk from DOS with a Startup floppy (see our How to’s if you need to make one). What motherboard is the drive plugged into? Larry

2. RE: RE : DISK DRIVE SPACE
kamlesh Aug-08-01 07:23 PM
In response to message 1

Hi Larry,
I formatted the new driver as FAT32.
I have a Abit 6020 motherboard.
I right click on the drive and under properties it only displays 2gigs.

Kamlesh

3. RE: RE : DISK DRIVE SPACE
lbyard Aug-08-01 07:49 PM
In response to message 2

Is the drive set to Auto in the CMOS Setup, Standard Setup? Larry

4. RE: RE : DISK DRIVE SPACE
kamlesh Aug-13-01 01:12 PM
In response to message 3

Hi Larry,
Yes it has been set to auto in the CMOS.
I have partion magic and it show the drive is 20gigs.
When I go to my computers ,select d drive and properties it show only 2 gigs.

6. RE: DISK DRIVE SPACE
lbyard Aug-13-01 02:04 PM
In response to message 4

I have seen Windows versions that support FAT32 "lie" about the size of a FAT32 disk or partition a few times. When it is lying it says it says it’s a 2 gig partition. I don’t know what causes it and can find no reference to it in Microsoft’s Knowledgebase. I would guess that it “thinks” the partition is a FAT16 partition. FAT16 partitions have a 2 gig limit. Open a DOS window in Windows and type:
C\>chkdsk
You could verify the size further by copying more than 2 gigs to the drive. In the cases I've seen all of the partition was useable, thus the conclusion that the 2 gig size is a fib.
Larry

7. RE: RE : DISK DRIVE SPACE
kamlesh Aug-13-01 02:31 PM
In response to message 3

Hi Larry,
The cmos is set to AUTO and I have PARTION MAGIC which shows the D drive has 20gigs.
When I click on my computers and then select the D drive and under properties it shows only 2gig.
I have the d drive a one 20gig partion.
Please can you help me rectify this problem.
I appreciate your help.
Kamlesh

8. RE: RE : DISK DRIVE SPACE
lbyard Aug-13-01 03:57 PM
In response to message 7

Guess I wasn't clear? I don't think you have a problem; just a Windows that is being dishonest. Try loading the drive with more than 2 gigs of data, etc. Larry

9. RE: RE : DISK DRIVE SPACE
kamlesh Aug-14-01 01:33 PM
In response to message 8

Hi,
I tried copying a file to the D drive and it said it was full.
I fired up PARTION MAGIC and looked at the d drive and it showed the 2 gig file size, when I make the size bigger it does grow.
Does partion magic allow you to increase the disk size without damaging the data.
I have not tried it yet.
I also went to the D drive and did fdisk and it showed it as FAT32.
I really appreciate your help
Thank you
Kamlesh

11. DISK DRIVE SPACE
lbyard Aug-14-01 01:51 PM
In response to message 9

You should be able to expand the partition with Partition Magic without damaging the data, but I have seen Partition Magic fail. Whenever doing an operation of this nature, it is advisable to backup you data. The minute you become lax or get in a hurry is when Murphy steps in. You may have to expand it more than once to get it to the size you want. I think I would simply start over by backing-up any critical data, removing the partition with fdisk, creating a new partition with a Windows startup floppy--for FAT32 support--and fdisk--making sure large disk support is selected, formatting the partition without transferring the system files, and doing a clean install or Windows. Larry

12. RE: DISK DRIVE SPACE
hillbilly Aug-16-01 01:23 AM
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