160gig drive showing 130gig?

[reds4ever]

First a disclaimer: When I installed the 160Gig HD a couple of years ago it came up as a 130 drive, I thought "What the hell, I don't need all the space" and carried on with the install.

Guess what? Yep! Now I could do with the space, is there anyway to get it back without a format and re-install?

Bottom line: It's all my fault, Iknew it was coming, is there a way around it?

I'm running XP Pro and SP1 (I have SP2 but havn't installed in yet)

[Asher]

You can't access past 130GB unless your IDE controller is UltraATA/133, not 100/66/33.

Though there may be some hack/workaround somewhere to get around that limitation. Hell if I know, I'm a Serial ATA guy.

[Provost Harrison]

Isn't it one of these funny ones where when they quote 160GB as the capacity they are going by base of 1000 rather than 1024 which gives a completely erroneous result?

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Isn't it one of these funny ones where when they quote 160GB as the capacity they are going by base of 1000 rather than 1024 which gives a completely erroneous result?

Do the math knucklehead, I thought you had a (half) a PHD

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by Asher
You can't access past 130GB unless your IDE controller is UltraATA/133, not 100/66/33.

Though there may be some hack/workaround somewhere to get around that limitation. Hell if I know, I'm a Serial ATA guy.

For the sake of 40Gig and a re-format I may as well get another drive?

[Kassiopeia]

Is it even 40 gig? More like 10 to 20, if it's 160 in 1000-base and shows up to you as 130 in 1024-base. I think it's around 140 in 1024-base in total.

Disclaimer: I do not have a PhD

[reds4ever]

Ive just checked my controller is 133, is there anyway I can get my hands on the extra space?

(I suspect not without a reformat)

[mrmitchell]

Asher is almost right but I know at least with my 200GB hard drive, a PCI card came with it I guess to be the controller for it, and it recognizes all 200gb to this day.

[Asher]

Originally posted by reds4ever
Ive just checked my controller is 133, is there anyway I can get my hands on the extra space?

(I suspect not without a reformat)

Did you read the instructions or check out the manufacturer's website?

[C0ckney]

you need another 30 gig?! do you not think you've got enough porn reds

[Verto]

Originally posted by Asher
Hell if I know, I'm a Serial ATA guy.

Aren't we all, though.

[Asher]

I just about cried yesterday when I ran out of space on my "new" (5 month old) 250GB drive.

I need to go buy a 400/500GB drive soon.

That'll push me above the terabyte mark on my computer.

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by Asher

Did you read the instructions or check out the manufacturer's website?

I checked the site it is an 133 (ASRock, and yes I know!), losing the 40Gb is better than reformatting but I'd just hoped there was an easy way.

[Verto]

What the hell do you have that takes up 250GB? I thought even Dis' porn collection maxed out at 50?

[Asher]

Originally posted by reds4ever
I checked the site it is an 133 (ASRock, and yes I know!), losing the 40Gb is better than reformatting but I'd just hoped there was an easy way.

I mean, the manufacturer may have a tool or something.

Verto: My PC is also a PVR/TiVo like thing, and I hoard things. I also download a ton of stuff.

I have a 6x dual-layer DVD burner, but the media costs too much for me to use it right now (dual-layer that is).

And my 240GB RAID is 90% full, my 250GB drive is >99% full (120MB free)...

I have a 40GB oldschool IDE drive too, which is at like 35GB.