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Beetle B. · 12-22-2003, 02:41 PM

I have a Maxtor 40 GB drive (5T0H04 or something like that).

A while ago, I noticed that the BIOS reported it as having only about 33 GB, whereas Windows (98) continued to report it as 40 GB - I don't know if the BIOS was always like this.

Recently, my Windows died, and I was formatting the whole drive. When I ran fdisk, it couldn't detect the partition type, but it also "saw" 40 GB. However, when I deleted the old partition, and tried creating new ones, it now only sees 33GB.

I installed Windows (98), but it also only sees 33 GB.

Any ideas?

The BIOS is set to autodetect. I tried entering parameters manually, but it didn't change anything.

Thanks,

12-22-2003, 02:41 PM	#1
Beetle B. Member (7 bit) Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: USA Posts: 74	BIOS Reports wrong HD size I have a Maxtor 40 GB drive (5T0H04 or something like that). A while ago, I noticed that the BIOS reported it as having only about 33 GB, whereas Windows (98) continued to report it as 40 GB - I don't know if the BIOS was always like this. Recently, my Windows died, and I was formatting the whole drive. When I ran fdisk, it couldn't detect the partition type, but it also "saw" 40 GB. However, when I deleted the old partition, and tried creating new ones, it now only sees 33GB. I installed Windows (98), but it also only sees 33 GB. Any ideas? The BIOS is set to autodetect. I tried entering parameters manually, but it didn't change anything. Thanks, __________________ ---------- Mueen Nawaz Intel 2.53 GHz Enlight 7250 300 W case Asus P4PE/L motherboard ATI Radeon 8500 LE (128 MB) Sapphire USR 2977 PCI modem 40 GB Maxtor 7200 RPM 40 GB WD 7200 RPM - 8 MB cache