Wester Dig 160 gigger.. how do I...

Demrok · Post by **Demrok** » Mon Sep 20, 2004 10:48 pm

Hey guys long time no see!!
Been busy with College and am in need of some help =/
Got a 160 gig WD drive and a FireWire box to slap it in..
this drive is to connect to a MAC G4 PowerBook but I also want to be able to hook it up to my PC to grab files..
now
how in the hell do I set up the hard drive to be recognized as 160 gigs??
so far, with the drive hooked up in my PC I can't get it to be counted for more then 137 gigs...

I tried using the WD software to setup the drive but it still won't count more then the 137 gigs, anyone have any ideas?? LMK please! thanks!

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Mon Sep 20, 2004 11:00 pm

What OS and what mobo? Some hard drive controllers can't recognize a drive larger than 137Gb. Also WinXP with no service pack and Win2K prior to service pack 3 can't recognize drives larger than 137Gb.

More info: http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/tp/137gb.pdf

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 5:34 am

I just installed one of those in an xp sp1 system and the seagate utility had to tweak the bios so that it would recognize it - I also have an external FIWI box and I had to format the HD on the pc before it would show up in the FIWI box

b-man1 · Post by **b-man1** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 7:16 am

a hd controller card would do the trick too...if the mobo/bios is too old to recognize a drive of that size an add-in card will help.

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