This little utility works great, might be easier to use too..
http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/ind...at32format.htm
Food for thought..
j;-j


"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> *ProteanThread* wrote:
> > Dell is no help on this:
> >
> > I purchased a 300gig HD (Maxtor) and a USB HD Drive Enclosure (Mad
> > Dog Multimedia) but when I connect the 300g hd to USB 1.1 or even
> > 2.0 controller, Windows XP only sees the HD as 32 Gig.
> >
> > How can I get Windows XP to see the maximum allowed by Windows XP or
> > the full 300gig?
>
> Shenan Stanley wrote:
> > (1) Format it with NTFS - drawback being you may not be able to use
> > it on all system you might attempt to.
> > (2) Format it FAT32 - NOT with Windows XP internal utilities - so
> > that you get a newer file system - but one more easily utilized by
> > more systems.
> >
> > Format larger than 32GB FAT32 within Windows XP with this utility:
> > http://www.mager.org/mkdosfs/
>
> *ProteanThread* wrote:
> > but even when i format with NTFS windows XP still only sees it as 32
> > Gig :-\
>
> Did you re-initialize it in Disk Manager first?
>
> If you format it with that utility I pointed to to FAT32 - what happens?
> Are you up-to-date with patches for Windows XP (Service Pack 2, etc.)?
>
> Remember - you are not going to get 300GB formatted out of this drive -
> admittedly you should get significantly more than 32GB - but you are not
> actually going to have 300GB either. heh
>
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> Shenan Stanley
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