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hard drives, when in fact I have a 40 gig and 120 gig drives, in the bios setup screens, both the disks are identified correctly as western digital drives and their sizes are correct, winxp recognizes both disks correctly and they both operate ok. so any ideas what is causing this problem. dfi nforce 2 mobo 3200 processor 512 ram 40(master) and 120 gig western digital hard drives, both on primary win xp sp2 could it be anything to do with s.m.a.r.t disk checking ? I had this operating but have now turned it off. critcher wrote:
Show quoteHide quote > when machine boots up the post tells me that i have an 18 gig and 75 gig Has your system ever reported a 40 and 120 Gb drives?> hard drives, when in fact I have a 40 gig and 120 gig drives, in the bios > setup screens, both the disks are identified correctly as western digital > drives and their sizes are correct, winxp recognizes both disks correctly > and they both operate ok. > so any ideas what is causing this problem. > > dfi nforce 2 mobo > 3200 processor > 512 ram > 40(master) and 120 gig western digital hard drives, both on primary > win xp sp2 > > could it be anything to do with s.m.a.r.t disk checking ? I had this > operating but have now turned it off. If so, describe the events between when it read 40/120 and when it began to read 18/75. If you go into Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Disk Management what do you see? Putting a screenshot onto a web page might be helpful if you don't feel confident enough to read it -- don't forget to resize the window such that nothing is hidden in a scrolled area. Specifically, does there appear to be unpartioned areas on the drives? "Grinder" <grinder@no.spam.maam.net> wrote in message news:LHX2e.6532$Vx1.3607@attbi_s01...Show quoteHide quote > critcher wrote: 2 installed WD Data lifeguard and copied C:/ to D:/>> when machine boots up the post tells me that i have an 18 gig and 75 gig >> hard drives, when in fact I have a 40 gig and 120 gig drives, in the bios >> setup screens, both the disks are identified correctly as western digital >> drives and their sizes are correct, winxp recognizes both disks correctly >> and they both operate ok. >> so any ideas what is causing this problem. >> >> dfi nforce 2 mobo >> 3200 processor >> 512 ram >> 40(master) and 120 gig western digital hard drives, both on primary >> win xp sp2 >> >> could it be anything to do with s.m.a.r.t disk checking ? I had this >> operating but have now turned it off. > > Has your system ever reported a 40 and 120 Gb drives? > yes, as formatted sizes > If so, describe the events between when it read 40/120 and when it began > to read 18/75. >1 used s.m.a.r.t. but then turned it off 3 tried to boot off D: after making it the master and disconnecting C: but the comp wouldn't boot, so put all back together as before, probably have to format D: as primary partition and then copy C: using data lifeguard If you go into Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer > Management > Disk Management what do you see? Putting a screenshot onto a D partition basic ntfs 111.78 gb 90.67 free> web page might be helpful if you don't feel confident enough to read it -- > don't forget to resize the window such that nothing is hidden in a > scrolled area. > C partition basic ntfs 37.27 gb 22.40 free > Specifically, does there appear to be unpartioned areas on the drives?> bios setup reports WD40BB and WD1200JB>no, everything is ok win xp reports both drives correctly Grinder:
>> Has your system ever reported a 40 and 120 Gb drives? critcher wrote: > yes, as formatted sizes So, as it is the *only* place you feel that improper sizes are being reported is in the initial boot of the machine where the BIOS reports the drives it has found? Your drives are described properly in windows, and you have full access to their contents? If you go into BIOS setup and look at the hard drive settings, does the geometry (cylinders, sectors, etc.) match what is specified for your drive? I overlooked a question you asked earlier: > could it be anything to do with s.m.a.r.t disk No, I don't think so.> checking? "Grinder" <grinder@no.spam.maam.net> wrote in message news:zEf3e.17230$NW5.16018@attbi_s02...> Grinder: yes thats right> > >> Has your system ever reported a 40 and 120 Gb drives? > > critcher wrote: > > > yes, as formatted sizes > > So, as it is the *only* place you feel that improper sizes are being > reported is in the initial boot of the machine where the BIOS reports the > drives it has found? > > Your drives are described properly in windows, and you have full access to I'll have to check that out and get back later> their contents? > yes > If you go into BIOS setup and look at the hard drive settings, does the > geometry (cylinders, sectors, etc.) match what is specified for your > drive? > Show quoteHide quote > I overlooked a question you asked earlier: > > > could it be anything to do with s.m.a.r.t disk > > checking? > > No, I don't think so. |
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