william Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 hello .. I,ve just bought a 250 gig ide harddisk . the problem is ..0 X86 only see,s 128 gig ..Hitachi 250 . is there a way to fix that so i do have the full 250 gig william Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6045-hdd/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJägermeister Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 hello .. I,ve just bought a 250 gig ide harddisk . the problem is ..0 X86 only see,s 128 gig ..Hitachi 250 . is there a way to fix that so i do have the full 250 gig william Some chipsets have problems with HD's > 120GB Do you see the full size if you start cfdisk with a linux live CD? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6045-hdd/#findComment-38049 Share on other sites More sharing options...
miranda363 Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 You may find a disk utility from Hitachi that prepares the drive to it's full capacity I think it's called an overlay Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6045-hdd/#findComment-38143 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technobob Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 Check the jumpers, some hard drives have a option to cap the size, for what reason I don't know why. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6045-hdd/#findComment-38169 Share on other sites More sharing options...
william Posted December 23, 2005 Author Share Posted December 23, 2005 the problem is .. xp see,s the 250 gig,s ,,and affter i boot in mac on the same machine its only 128.5 . these are the options .. 16 heads or 15 heads master or : dev 0 forcing dev 1 pressent .. now its plagged on 16 heads master . william Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6045-hdd/#findComment-38184 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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