vista64/ harddrive question

superrican · 10-05-2008, 06:56 PM

dont really know where to post this so i put it here.... anywho , i just switched to vista ultimate 64 bit , and i have a seagate barracuda 500 gig harddrive , But for some reason vista only sees 127 gigs ..... anybody have a similar problem???
any help is appreciated .

billbartuska · 10-06-2008, 06:23 AM

Enable LBA in your BIOS.
It's usually located on the hard drive configuration page.

ben333 · 10-06-2008, 12:17 PM

Do what Bill said.

I had a similar problem with my 500 GB drive and windows XP and all I needed was a driver. But since XP SP2 and higher doesn't have this problem I doubt vista does so its probably not an OS or driver issue.

10-05-2008, 06:56 PM	#1
superrican Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: orlando Posts: 23	vista64/ harddrive question dont really know where to post this so i put it here.... anywho , i just switched to vista ultimate 64 bit , and i have a seagate barracuda 500 gig harddrive , But for some reason vista only sees 127 gigs ..... anybody have a similar problem??? any help is appreciated .

10-06-2008, 06:23 AM	#2
billbartuska Cooling Savant Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Skokie, Illinois Posts: 322	Re: vista64/ harddrive question Enable LBA in your BIOS. It's usually located on the hard drive configuration page. __________________ My new rig.... Intel SE440BX-3, PIII 550 (@ 680) MX440 275/332 (@ 350/400) and 3DFX Voodo 5 5500 160/160 (@180/180) Two Opticals and 120 gigs (w/28gigs in RAID0) on 4 Maxstors

10-06-2008, 12:17 PM	#3
ben333 Uber Pro/Mods Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: New Hampshire (USA) Posts: Two hundred somethin Posts: 432	Re: vista64/ harddrive question Do what Bill said. I had a similar problem with my 500 GB drive and windows XP and all I needed was a driver. But since XP SP2 and higher doesn't have this problem I doubt vista does so its probably not an OS or driver issue. __________________ Pro Slacker

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