restoring a drive to max capacity part 2

[hortstu]

OK I now have the hard drive I spoke about in this thread

need-help-restoring-drive-max-capacity-t14529.html

in a computer and ready to go.

I ran MHDD disk tools and used help, tried a few of the commands NHPA FDISK drv_reset and couldn't accomplish anything. The drive is still showing up as less than 32 when booted in XP.

I tried Sea tools for DOS and It did tell me the right size of the drive 163+ GB but when I tried to get it to restore the drive to max capacity it failed instantly.

What do I need to do to get this drive to max capacity.

I've already got the 2 boot discs I mentioned above and
disc wizard
samsung disc manager diagnostic tool

I'm pretty much lost in DOS. Any help.

[hortstu]

So now I'm trying the capacity restore tool.

IT detects the drive and says it is 163 GB meanwhile windows still says it is 31.4.

When I select the drive on the opening screen the pop up says...

This operation will determine factory capacity of the drive .

If the device is detected in the system, it will now be removed from the device manager.
This is needed to avoid conflicts with the operating system.

Then I select "OK", the other option is "cancel."

device is currently in use please remove it from the device manager manually

So I uninstall it I disable it, everything requires a restart and the drive is auto detected again and I'm back where I started.

Anyone have any ideas?