[SOLVED] Home made external hard disk problem!

Tommo247 · 03-20-2008, 02:08 PM

hi every one hows are you all?

well i have a small problem with my newly made external hard drive.

i bought a IDE caddy from icy box it's great. and used my old hard disk from my broken laptop. it's a 20gb hd but when i pluged it in to my laptop it only shows 5 gb!

i've cleaned it up formated it every thing i can think of but still only 5 gb!!!

how can i get it to realize it's a 20gb not a 5 gb hard drive!!

when it was in my old laptop it was brill no problems what so ever i can't plug it the old laptop as the mobo decided that enough was enough and went to the internet in the sky.
and my new one is sata drive.

so there is the problem can you help?

**Deleted090308** · 03-21-2008, 12:42 PM

Hi, welcome to TSF.

5GB? That's a strange limitation...
Is that what BIOS says?

Please post back with the brands/models of the caddy and HDD.

Tommo247 · 03-21-2008, 03:19 PM

hi,

the hd is IBM travelstar model ic25n020atcs04-0

(i thought it was seagate but that was another one i had sorry)

the caddy is from icy box but the model is ib-220u-wh

as for the bios i'm don't know how to do that sorry.

i know a bit about computers but not that much.

hope this helps

**Deleted090308** · 03-21-2008, 03:33 PM

Thanks.
What's the brand/model of the new laptop?

Open Disk management in Windows with the external drive connected to the computer.
(Right click "My computer" > choose "Manage" > Disk Management)

Please post a screenshot of Disk management.

How to post a screenshot.

Tommo247 · 03-23-2008, 10:46 AM

hi

it's dell inspiron 1520

it's the one you get with aol! i know it's crap but hay it's free

**Deleted090308** · 03-23-2008, 12:49 PM

Disk management???

Tommo247 · 03-24-2008, 08:53 AM

hi

thanks very much for your help it's how showing just under 20gb

**Deleted090308** · 03-24-2008, 12:38 PM

If you can see 20GB in Disk management > then you have done something wrong when the drive was formatted.

How to use Disk Management to configure basic disks in Windows XP.

Tommo247 · 03-24-2008, 01:35 PM

thaks for your help it's working fine how cheers

**Deleted090308** · 03-24-2008, 01:35 PM

I'm glad you got it fixed.

03-20-2008, 02:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
Tommo247 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 5 OS: bloody vista!	[SOLVED] Home made external hard disk problem! hi every one hows are you all? well i have a small problem with my newly made external hard drive. i bought a IDE caddy from icy box it's great. and used my old hard disk from my broken laptop. it's a 20gb hd but when i pluged it in to my laptop it only shows 5 gb! i've cleaned it up formated it every thing i can think of but still only 5 gb!!! how can i get it to realize it's a 20gb not a 5 gb hard drive!! when it was in my old laptop it was brill no problems what so ever i can't plug it the old laptop as the mobo decided that enough was enough and went to the internet in the sky. and my new one is sata drive. so there is the problem can you help?

03-21-2008, 12:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: Home made external hard disk problem! Hi, welcome to TSF. 5GB? That's a strange limitation... Is that what BIOS says? Please post back with the brands/models of the caddy and HDD.

03-21-2008, 03:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
Tommo247 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 5 OS: bloody vista!	Re: Home made external hard disk problem! hi, the hd is IBM travelstar model ic25n020atcs04-0 (i thought it was seagate but that was another one i had sorry) the caddy is from icy box but the model is ib-220u-wh as for the bios i'm don't know how to do that sorry. i know a bit about computers but not that much. hope this helps Last edited by Tommo247; 03-21-2008 at 03:20 PM.

03-21-2008, 03:33 PM	#4 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: Home made external hard disk problem! Thanks. What's the brand/model of the new laptop? Open Disk management in Windows with the external drive connected to the computer. (Right click "My computer" > choose "Manage" > Disk Management) Please post a screenshot of Disk management. How to post a screenshot.

03-23-2008, 10:46 AM	#5 (permalink)
Tommo247 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 5 OS: bloody vista!	Re: Home made external hard disk problem! hi it's dell inspiron 1520 it's the one you get with aol! i know it's crap but hay it's free

03-23-2008, 12:49 PM	#6 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: Home made external hard disk problem! Disk management???

03-24-2008, 08:53 AM	#7 (permalink)
Tommo247 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 5 OS: bloody vista!	Re: Home made external hard disk problem! hi thanks very much for your help it's how showing just under 20gb

03-24-2008, 12:38 PM	#8 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: Home made external hard disk problem! If you can see 20GB in Disk management > then you have done something wrong when the drive was formatted. How to use Disk Management to configure basic disks in Windows XP.

03-24-2008, 01:35 PM	#9 (permalink)
Tommo247 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 5 OS: bloody vista!	Re: Home made external hard disk problem! thaks for your help it's working fine how cheers

03-24-2008, 01:35 PM	#10 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: Home made external hard disk problem! I'm glad you got it fixed.