This has happened to me too. The reported drive size of the Maxtor is even
bigger :P, 640GB on a 120GB drive.

Formatting can be FAT32 or NTFS (512k) still the drive reports the same
size. I can add a partition of 120GB, and I have some 500GB unallocated
space. I have used the Maxtor one touch software and without on different
machines, one a Win2k Server, the other XPSP2. Same story. Maxtor is the
problem......but there are no clues on the site

"NashvilleCobra2004" <NashvilleCobra2004@yahoo.com(donotsapm)> wrote in
message news:E1615B5D-1C12-4F8B-9539-3BEEBAA5DABC@microsoft.com...
>I purchased a Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 250 gig drive. Because I do not any
> additional slots I decided to purchase an external case (not from Maxtor)
> and
> install this using USB 2.0,
>
> When I install the hard drive, using plug and play, the disk management
> window picks up on 30 gig of the 250 gig drive????
>
> Maxtor indicated that I need a third party driver but isn't that againist
> all of the XP features that we are paying for? Do I need an external
> driver?
> Or, are there internal settings, within Windows XP Media Center, that I
> need
> to change to get the entire 250 gig to show up?
>
>
> --
> GPJ - Nashville