external harddrive problem

Posted: 11-10-2006, 01:57 AM

thebeeman

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I have a 300GB Maxtor PATA133 HDD plugged into a Bytec external enclosure.
When its plusgged into my usb 2.0 port on my comp. windows reads the HDD as
2048GB...now i know i don't have a 2TB harddrive....The odd thing is that
when plugged into a IDE cable internally it works just fine. Is there any
config. I need to do to make windows recognize the right hdd size?
Any help would be greatly appericated.
thanks alot.

note: I'm running sp2 with all the updates.

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PaulB

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RE: external harddrive problem

Posted: 11-10-2006, 03:03 AM

How do you have the drive jumpered?
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Paul

"thebeeman" wrote:

> I have a 300GB Maxtor PATA133 HDD plugged into a Bytec external enclosure.
> When its plusgged into my usb 2.0 port on my comp. windows reads the HDD as
> 2048GB...now i know i don't have a 2TB harddrive....The odd thing is that
> when plugged into a IDE cable internally it works just fine. Is there any
> config. I need to do to make windows recognize the right hdd size?
> Any help would be greatly appericated.
> thanks alot.
>
> note: I'm running sp2 with all the updates.

Gary Mount

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Re: external harddrive problem

Posted: 11-10-2006, 03:40 AM

This is a Windows Vista forum, not Windows XP.

"thebeeman" <thebeeman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a 300GB Maxtor PATA133 HDD plugged into a Bytec external enclosure.
> When its plusgged into my usb 2.0 port on my comp. windows reads the HDD
> as
> 2048GB...now i know i don't have a 2TB harddrive....The odd thing is that
> when plugged into a IDE cable internally it works just fine. Is there any
> config. I need to do to make windows recognize the right hdd size?
> Any help would be greatly appericated.
> thanks alot.
>
> note: I'm running sp2 with all the updates.

Tom Ferguson

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Re: external harddrive problem

Posted: 11-10-2006, 06:42 AM

For some reason, the firmware in the enclosure is not properly
recognising the HD you have installed.

There is an update available for that model's firmware. It might be
relevant for your particular unit. It might be relevant to the problem
you are experienciong.

http://www.byteccusa.com/driver.htm

Tom
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Windows Shell/User

"thebeeman" <thebeeman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B0EF613F-83F0-438B-8923-EECF5EA3EEB1@microsoft.com...
:I have a 300GB Maxtor PATA133 HDD plugged into a Bytec external
enclosure.
: When its plusgged into my usb 2.0 port on my comp. windows reads the
HDD as
: 2048GB...now i know i don't have a 2TB harddrive....The odd thing is
that
: when plugged into a IDE cable internally it works just fine. Is there
any
: config. I need to do to make windows recognize the right hdd size?
: Any help would be greatly appericated.
: thanks alot.
:
: note: I'm running sp2 with all the updates.

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