This is part of a much bigger problem but my computer isn't recognizing my HD that's 250 GB (it's only seeing 127). I was on the phone with Western Digital Tech Support and they were trying to direct me to disk management but it wasn't there. She tried getting me there via two different ways and both times it wasn't showing up. Any ideas? I have partition magic 8 installed if that matters.
Thanks!
Disk Management not there?
Yes, welcome to Speedguide gruven. It may sound like nit picking but I think it's actually Windows XP prior to service pack 1 (and also Windows 2000 prior to service pack 3) do not support 48-bit LBA which is necessary to support hard drives larger than 137 GB. I'm running 2k pro on my box here at home. 
Hmm, I think the quickest way to disk management is to right click the My Computer icon and select manage, that is if disk mamagement is installed. To be honest I didn't think it was possible to not install it. Can windows really run without it? Maybe a better question is, is it just the snapin that's not installed?
Hmm, I think the quickest way to disk management is to right click the My Computer icon and select manage, that is if disk mamagement is installed. To be honest I didn't think it was possible to not install it. Can windows really run without it? Maybe a better question is, is it just the snapin that's not installed?
I'm using Win XP Home. The long story is I already had the same drive installed before and had problems then with getting it to recognize all 250. I used their Data Lifeguard, installed SP2 and got it to work. The drive was defective so I just got a new one from them and the same problem happened--except what I did last time wouldn't work.
I worked with tech support for almost an hour and she couldn't get it (although she was competent and helpful--unlike some other tech support). I played around with their software a bit and got it to work on my own--although like I said, disk management still doesn't show up anywhere. It's a non-issue now...at least until I need it again!
I worked with tech support for almost an hour and she couldn't get it (although she was competent and helpful--unlike some other tech support). I played around with their software a bit and got it to work on my own--although like I said, disk management still doesn't show up anywhere. It's a non-issue now...at least until I need it again!
