Jeff Le Taxi Posted 11 March, 2009 Share Posted 11 March, 2009 Any help gratefully recieved, trying to install a samsung sp0842n 80gb hard drive as a slave drive but vista is only recognising 32.5 gb when i go to format and partition it???? Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Le Taxi Posted 11 March, 2009 Author Share Posted 11 March, 2009 Its a brand new drive by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mewsta Posted 11 March, 2009 Share Posted 11 March, 2009 Jeff, does your BIOS tell you the correct size of the HDD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Landrew Posted 12 March, 2009 Share Posted 12 March, 2009 Jeff, go here. Sometimes we're not the fount of all knowledge. The company that made the thing certainly will be. http://www.samsung.com/us/support/popup/howToGuidePopup.do?howto_guide_seq=1123&type=harddiskdrives Notice how Vista might be getting its knickers in a twist..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Le Taxi Posted 12 March, 2009 Author Share Posted 12 March, 2009 Thank you very much St Landrew, i feel like a right tit now, i thought id got the jumper settings correct but obviously not! I think i shall stick to the taxi driving! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Landrew Posted 26 March, 2009 Share Posted 26 March, 2009 Thank you very much St Landrew, i feel like a right tit now, i thought id got the jumper settings correct but obviously not! I think i shall stick to the taxi driving! Don't worry mate, we've all done it. Probably me more than most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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