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bought a new HDD

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Dimmy

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160gig WD
i went to install it but it doesnt see more then 137GB

do i need a new IDE controller card?
 
most harddrives do that, u just loose some of it when u format it for the first time.... for instance my 200 gig WD only pops up as a 186gig drive but damn, thats a lot lost for you...
 
this was before a format
in fdisk after i did the partition its said 137
 
Your computer wont support more than 137 gb, so you have to split it up to 2 partions and each cannot exceed 137gb.

So split it up either 100/100 or like 60/120. whatever you want.
 
Or you could follow the instructions that Seagate gives.

It should work for any make of hard drive.

It's a limitation of the Logical Block Addressing. Updating to 48-bit should fix it. Instructions are provided at the link.
 
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