Hard drive Problems PLEASE HELP at DVinfo.net

Mike Zorger · February 6th, 2004, 07:22 AM

Ok, I have a PC with windows xp pro with all of the best stuff. I have an 80G HD for my C drive, and an 80G HD for my video. But, my computer is only reading my video drive to be a 30G HD and its completely filled up. So does anyone know how i could get my computer to read the FULL 80G instead of only 30??
Thanks so much

Adrian Douglas · February 6th, 2004, 08:55 AM

Mike,

check the jumpers next to where the power plugs in. Some drives have a limit setting for OSs that can't handle large drives.

Rob Lohman · February 6th, 2004, 02:18 PM

It could also be that you just haven't partioned the drive fully.
To check, go to this: Start -> Control Panel -> Administrative
Tools -> Computer Management

Now drill down to Storage -> Disk Management

Now you should see your first and second drive in the diagram
below. Does it say you have any free / unused / not partitioned
space? If so, you can right-click there and create an extra
partition there.

February 10th, 2004, 02:52 PM

im sure youve figured it out by now but i thought i would mention that backing whats on your video drive up now would be a good idea before repartitioning it... i lost hours of footage b/c i didnt back it up before repartitioning one of my drives

Gints Klimanis · February 10th, 2004, 04:16 PM

Or, at the very least, make "rescue" diskettes with your partitioning software before repartitioning. These diskettes store the partition table
information. After one hard drive crashed due to a trashed partition table, I've been quite diligent about the rescue diskettes.

Rob Lohman · February 12th, 2004, 03:37 AM

Just to make something clear, I wasn't instructing him to re-
partition anything. I was only instructing him to make an EXTRA
partition if he had any free space on his harddisk (ie, UN-
partitioned space on the harddisk). That should not effect the
current partitions / data already on the harddisk (unless you
remove those, ofcourse).

Backup is always a good advice, ofcourse.

If you want to change paritions, move them, resize etc. there
are tools like Partition Magic that will do this without destroying
any of the data on those partitions.

February 6th, 2004, 07:22 AM	#1
Mike Zorger Major Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Norther VA Posts: 163	Hard drive Problems PLEASE HELP Ok, I have a PC with windows xp pro with all of the best stuff. I have an 80G HD for my C drive, and an 80G HD for my video. But, my computer is only reading my video drive to be a 30G HD and its completely filled up. So does anyone know how i could get my computer to read the FULL 80G instead of only 30?? Thanks so much

February 6th, 2004, 08:55 AM	#2
Adrian Douglas Trustee Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Chigasaki, Japan. Posts: 1,660	Mike, check the jumpers next to where the power plugs in. Some drives have a limit setting for OSs that can't handle large drives. __________________ Adrian DVInfo.net Search for quick answers Where to buy? From the best in the business...DVInfo.net sponsors

February 6th, 2004, 02:18 PM	#3
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	It could also be that you just haven't partioned the drive fully. To check, go to this: Start -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management Now drill down to Storage -> Disk Management Now you should see your first and second drive in the diagram below. Does it say you have any free / unused / not partitioned space? If so, you can right-click there and create an extra partition there. __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

February 12th, 2004, 03:37 AM	#6
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Just to make something clear, I wasn't instructing him to re- partition anything. I was only instructing him to make an EXTRA partition if he had any free space on his harddisk (ie, UN- partitioned space on the harddisk). That should not effect the current partitions / data already on the harddisk (unless you remove those, ofcourse). Backup is always a good advice, ofcourse. If you want to change paritions, move them, resize etc. there are tools like Partition Magic that will do this without destroying any of the data on those partitions. __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

February 10th, 2004, 02:52 PM	#4
Guest Posts: n/a	im sure youve figured it out by now but i thought i would mention that backing whats on your video drive up now would be a good idea before repartitioning it... i lost hours of footage b/c i didnt back it up before repartitioning one of my drives

February 10th, 2004, 04:16 PM	#5
Gints Klimanis Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 2,222	Or, at the very least, make "rescue" diskettes with your partitioning software before repartitioning. These diskettes store the partition table information. After one hard drive crashed due to a trashed partition table, I've been quite diligent about the rescue diskettes.