Peter:
This time, (after stopping the low level format at 34%)
I partitioned using fdisk. The drive reported to fdisk that
there was only 32 Gb available. I created a dos partition
of 2 Gb intending that it would be formatted as FAT 16.
However when I installed Win XP it formatted the
partition as NTFS. I should have formatted it as
FAT 16 first. There are programs that need to
run, so I will accept the smaller drive size until
I can update the BIOS.
Wally
On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 10:22:15 -0400 Peter Kaulback
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Wally, after you low level format the drive, do not use the Seagate
> tools to format again but instead just install XP and have XP format
> the
> drive whole.
>
> I use Seagate drives primarily for client's and have never used the
>
> vendor tools, just format with whatever OS's config tools (Linux,
> XP,
> etc) and have had no problems thus far. Plus Seagate has a nice long
>
> warranty too.
>
> Peter Kaulback
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Hugh:
> > The 160 Gb size is reported during POST.
> > However when partitioning is tried, the Seagate
> > tools have programmed the drive to report
> > only 32 Gb available.
> > I have never formatted to FAT 32.
> > I have already formatted
> > for NTFS and installed Windows XP plus SP 1.
> > When an attempt is made to boot from the hard
> > drive the computer reports that a file is missing
> > and says to try rebooting. Rebooting just takes
> > you back to the same notice.
> > I believe that the file that is missing
> > is the test file for NTFS systems which
> > Windows XP has not installed.
> >
> > Wally
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