Wally have you thought to check that a jumper is not on the "size limitation" pins? A LLF is supposed to return a HD back to factory specs/settings (assuming the size limit is not jumpered). It appears from the info below the mobo has had this problem in the past, so if that's the case then there must be something wrong with either its BIOS, or controller. Is this an IDE drive? If so, try the other IDE connector. Or if it's SATA try the other SATA connector if it has one. Also try to clear the CMOS if you haven't.
Have you run any diagnostics on it? -Clint God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://www.OrpheusComputing.com http://www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com http://Computer-Hardware-Sales-Consumer-Electronics-Sales.com ----- Original Message ----- Peter: I started the low level format of the drive, but at the rate it was going it would have taken about 9 hours. I stopped it at the 34% point. This did not change the size available for partitioning. I will do the low level formatting again and let it go to completion to see if that works. Wally On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 09:05:50 -0500 Peter Kaulback > Wally, please ignore my BIOS recommendation then, if this > computer > has > had a similar problem in the past. > > The low level format is very safe, I have done it numerous > times. > And > you do not necessarily have to run it over 100% of the drive > (it > takes a > long time to this on a big drive like yours), a minimum of 2% > is > fine to > restore the drive to the original factory specifications. > XP's > format > system won't do it right, you must do a low level format. > > In fact I did a low level on a 340 mb drive in an old 486 > recently, > like > new now. > > HTH > > Peter Kaulback ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
