HELP!!!!10gig harddrive only formatting into 2 gig parts

[stant093]

why would this be happening?
i have a 10 gig harddrive here that has worked beautifully for ever, now that i have a deal going to trade it off, it will not format a 9gig partition like it allways has, only 2.4 gig partitions....wtf?
anyone have this happen to them?

[EvilRick]

What are you using to format?

Have you used 'FDISK' to see what partitions it shows?

Have you used the mfr's. utility to "verify" the drive?

[dunbar]

Macintosh or Windows?

[stant093]

its worked fine untill i wiped it clean, now using partition magic, i cant get it to make a solid 10gig +/- harddrive, only 2. something...
ill try the manuf utilities


edit win2k pro fat32 file system

[EvilRick]

Are you making a FAT partition or FAT32.

Use 'FDISK' and enable "Large Disk Support" so you can make a FAT32 partition.

Also, did you move any jumpers? Check to make sure the 2GB clip isn't on.

[stant093]

Quote:

Originally posted by EvilRick


Also, did you move any jumpers? Check to make sure the 2GB clip isn't on.

arg, the easiest yet last thoguht of solution..thank you evilrick, i owe ya one...lets let this thread die so i dont look too much like a moron

[EvilRick]

Happens to the best of us.


Although I've never done it.