HELLBRINGER 0 Posted October 26, 2002 I have a WD 100GB hard drive. And in Win2k Server it is only showing up as 93.2GB hard drive... If I recall i think there is a way to get the full capacity I just don't remember. Can someone please tell me how to do it and what is involved? Thanks. Share this post Link to post
adamvjackson 0 Posted October 26, 2002 Well, depending on the 'fuzzy math' used, that's probably accurate. You see, drive manufacturers are slightly decieving about storage capacity. To drive makers, 1GB=1,000,000,000 bytes whereas in actuality, 1GB=1,073,741,824 bytes. So, you're probably getting access to the complete drive, less the 8MB unpartitioned space req'd by 2k/xp. Share this post Link to post
HELLBRINGER 0 Posted October 26, 2002 Hmmm I swear though somewhere I read on WDs site about getting the "full potential" of your HD... But I can't find it there anymore. I think this meant some sort of application or something to allow you to access the full capacity of the drive. I could be wrong but I'd like to know... Share this post Link to post
DosFreak 2 Posted October 26, 2002 Your are getting the full capacity. The program mentioned is a program that loads onto your MBR before your OS boots that enables your computer to support larger HD capacities if your HD controller is very old. All DMA 100-133 cards support 120GB+. It's only dealing with contoller cards At or below DMA/66 that you may have trouble with HD's larger than that. Share this post Link to post
HELLBRINGER 0 Posted October 26, 2002 Oh.... Damn! I was hoping for a few extra GBs... I need it! LOL I should go buy a few of those 200GB drives. Still not enough though. Thanks for da help! Share this post Link to post
