BIOS Update / HD - Capacity not correct

Question

Hello, i'm writing from germany.   I have updated the bios of a DELL Dimension 4100 to version 11. But the sytem does not recognize the full capacity of the new 2nd. harddisk (it is as samsung HD with 80 GB, shown in WIN 2000 as 32 GB).   Waht can i do to use 80 GB?   Thanks a lot.   klaus hummel

Majestic · Answer

Is the BIOS seeing the new drive as 32 gig or the operating system?   If the BIOS is only seeing 32 gigs of the new drive then double check your jumper settings.  There is a 32 gig limit jumper that you may have accidently enabled on the hard drive.  It is very easy to accidently enable this setting as it is only a pin or two away from the Cable Select setting.   If the BIOS correctly sees the full capacity and the operating system doesn't....... then make sure you partitioned and formated the hard drive for the NTFS file system.

khummel · Answer

Hallo Majestic,

thanks for your answer, it was very usefull. The BIOS only was seeing 32 gigs, the SAMSUNG description of the jumper - settings are not helpfull (or i'm not able to understand them...:smileywink:). But with your help, it runs now.

With my best wishes for Christmas and the New Year

Klaus Hummel

Majestic · Answer

For future reference you can click here for Samsung's Support web page and what they have listed for their drives' jumper settings.  I don't know if the information is any better than what they have included with the drive, but I thought I would pass the information along to you.   Wishing you a Safe and Happy Holiday Season too !!

speedstep · Answer

WIN2000 and WINDOWS XP will not allow drives larger than 32 gigs if formatting with FAT32 vs NTFS.
You MUST use NTFS or you must use a WIN98 Startup diskette and format bootable BEFORE installing 2000/XP.

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