[G4] Hard drive installation problem

[Kenneth Smith]

Thanks Ronald,

My G4 was a build-to-order purchase with two 180 GB drives so that i  
can do media projects.  After I installed the new 750 GB drive and  
made it my system drive, I used Disk Utility to erase and format the  
old 180 GB system drive, but saw no need to do anything to the other  
one for which I only used to store media. Although I have already  
erased and formatted the old system drive in the manner you suggest,  
it has not changed the 28 GB limitation.  Can you think of anything  
else I did or didn't do that would diminish the available disk space,  
and anything else that I might try to restore the full disk space?

Floy

On Nov 23, 2007, at 3:07 PM, Ronald Steinke wrote:

> On Nov 23, 2007, at 9:04 AM, Kenneth Smith wrote:
>
>> I would appreciate any information that will help me restore two  
>> 180 GB ATA drives to full capacity from the 28 GB "availabiile"  
>> that is now reflected for each drive.  I installed a new  750 GB  
>> hard drive in the front tray of my 1.42 GH mirrored door G4 and  
>> made it my system drive.  Now the two 180 GB drives in the rear  
>> tray (one of which was previously the system drive), show in "Get  
>> Info" that only 28 GB are available in each of the drives.  Both  
>> 180 GB drives came in the computer when it was new.
>
> First, no G4 listed in Mactracker ever came with a 180Gb drive  
> installed from the factory.
>
> Second, no G4 was shipped with more than one drive installed unless  
> it was a "BUILD TO ORDER" purchase.
>
> Third, use Disk Utility to erase and format the drives. That will   
> restore the available capacity of the drive to the original "new"  
> capacity. Of course, you WILL lose any data that is on the drive  
> when you do this.
>
> Fourth, you should make sure that your drives do not have a bridge  
> installed on the drive size limiter pins. That will limit the space  
> available for use (according to the PC tech here in the office). I  
> have never seen a size limiter bridge on a drive in a Mac chassis,  
> so I can't verify the truth of his statement.
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