ate Barracuda 7200.10 500 GB Hard Disk

Pepsi · Post by **Pepsi** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 0:18

i just got a new computer and just formated it to get windows xp, but i have a problem.

i can not make more than one partition, and it can only be 130gb large.
it was 500 gb untill i formated it.

Specifications
Capacity 500 GB
Speed 7200 rpm
Cache 16 MB
Brand Seagate
Type ST3500630AS
Family Barracuda 7200.10
Form Factor 3.5"
Interface S-ATA II

anyone know what i can do?

Railwaymodeler · Post by **Railwaymodeler** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 2:50

Is your XP CD A Service Pack 2 disk? You need SP2 to recognize the full 500 GB during setup.

Pepsi · Post by **Pepsi** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 18:58

no its not... tho i found a program that can give me the xtra space...

now i have an other huuuge problem :/
cant get internet on my computer :S i downloaded SP2 as microsoft told me to. but somehow i cant connect to the internet...

any suggestion?

Post by **Chroelle** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 19:32

The obvious suggestion would be to plug in the cord, but since you have already done that and it seems your computer went offline after you downloaded the SP2 pack then... When did the computer go offline? What had you just been doing and do you get any errormessages...?

Railwaymodeler · Post by **Railwaymodeler** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 21:42

NIC Drivers? Modem Drivers?

Pepsi · Post by **Pepsi** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 21:49

well it havent been online since i installed XP.
we never had any of those drivers, i take the internet from TV.
no errors... but i wonder 1 thing. in my last computer i had a 1394 lancard. it didnt work. is it liek that when useing XP?

Maz · Post by **Maz** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 22:45

I bet you do not want to hea my suggestion.. XP.. duh..

Well, firewalls and modem drivers are the thing that comes into my mind. Mostly the drivers.

Pepsi · Post by **Pepsi** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 22:52

after hours and hours of reading on the internet i did it...

ok i had to take an really really old netcard and install

and i did cut my self when i did it... really deep

but dammit it was worth it

now its time to make my hardrive 500 gb

Maz · Post by **Maz** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 0:51

Glad to hear you managed to do it pep

Pepsi · Post by **Pepsi** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 0:49

well... the harddrive is still 137GB

the big drive enable didnt do anything at all... so spend the hole day reading on other forums tho i didnt find any usefull...

well need a bios manager but seagate did not make one

Maz · Post by **Maz** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:58

http://fedoraproject.org

Pepsi · Post by **Pepsi** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 11:01

that is for linux right?

Maz · Post by **Maz** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 11:33

right

That's one of the linux distributions

Pepsi · Post by **Pepsi** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 15:06

i have win XP ^^

Maz · Post by **Maz** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 15:19

I know pep. That's the root of your problems

That's why I dropped the link for you :evilgrin: