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Also, another common reason why harddrives do not show up the right capacity:
FAT16 File system: Max 2GB partitions (I think this counts FDisk with no large disk support)
FAT32 (on Win9X): 2 TB (Terrabytes)
FAT32 (on Win2000 and XP): 32Gb
NTFS (Pre SP1 installer): 127GB (or there abouts.)
NTFS (SP1 or higher): 2 TB
You also have to check BIOS constraints, and maybe update to a newer versions. Many very, very old BIOS's can't go above 8GB (or even 2Gb in some cases), and some older ones have a ~32GB limit. Some boards also hit rock bottom at about 128GB.
So what of your BIOS doesn't support large harddrives? It is possible to fit a controller card, which can get around these problems. But even using a controller card, windows limits also apply.
Without using a controller card, you can install a BIOS overlay, but these can lead to other problems with harddrives, and are not generally recomended. If you are in doubt, you can always ask here.
Great Thread Hal, just thought I would share other harddrive capacity problems I have experienced.
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