Windows ME recognises 40GB as a 2GB hdd

Hey all,

I'm in a forum, and someone has a prob with WindowsME recognising a 40GB as
a 2 GB hdd.

The BIOS sees the whole 40 GB. So why cant WindowsME? Its only seeing 2GB of
this hdd.

The person has tried using FDISK, but this didnt work.

It's still 2 GB. Its formatted in FAT32.

Any ideas on how to get WinME to recognise the full 40GB?

Any info / links appreciated

Thanx

Your friend used FDISK, and didn't notice teh question at the bottom of the
page when it opens - 'Do you want to enable Large disk support' - they
should have answered Yes to that question.
(either than, or they were using a Win95 boot disk, with not FAT32 support)

--
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"Paul" wrote in message
...
Hey all,

I'm in a forum, and someone has a prob with WindowsME recognising a 40GB
as a 2 GB hdd.

The BIOS sees the whole 40 GB. So why cant WindowsME? Its only seeing 2GB
of this hdd.

The person has tried using FDISK, but this didnt work.

It's still 2 GB. Its formatted in FAT32.

Any ideas on how to get WinME to recognise the full 40GB?

Any info / links appreciated

Thanx

"Paul" wrote in message
...
Hey all,

I'm in a forum, and someone has a prob with WindowsME recognising a 40GB
as a 2 GB hdd.

The BIOS sees the whole 40 GB. So why cant WindowsME? Its only seeing 2GB
of this hdd.

The person has tried using FDISK, but this didnt work.

It's still 2 GB. Its formatted in FAT32.

Any ideas on how to get WinME to recognise the full 40GB?

Any info / links appreciated

Did you enable "large disc support" ? You may be using FAT16 not FAT32.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/154997/EN-US/

Thanx for the info guys.

Looks like she used Seagate Discwizard, which fixed the prob.



"Noel Paton" wrote in message
...
Your friend used FDISK, and didn't notice teh question at the bottom of
the page when it opens - 'Do you want to enable Large disk support' - they
should have answered Yes to that question.
(either than, or they were using a Win95 boot disk, with not FAT32
support)

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
"Paul" wrote in message
...
Hey all,

I'm in a forum, and someone has a prob with WindowsME recognising a 40GB
as a 2 GB hdd.

The BIOS sees the whole 40 GB. So why cant WindowsME? Its only seeing 2GB
of this hdd.

The person has tried using FDISK, but this didnt work.

It's still 2 GB. Its formatted in FAT32.

Any ideas on how to get WinME to recognise the full 40GB?

Any info / links appreciated

Thanx