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Problem with new Hard Drive in XP

mfield · 2004-03-08 15:59:45

I just installed a new 200gig hard drive but it is only showing up as having 127gigs? Can anyone explain how I can utilise the full drive? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks, mfield.

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08-03-2004 4:59pm

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mfield

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I just installed a new 200gig hard drive but it is only showing up as having 127gigs? Can anyone explain how I can utilise the full drive? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

mfield.

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#2 08-03-2004 6:22pm
BigEejit

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It is most likely a motherboard bios problem ... update to the latest bios for your mobo

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#3 08-03-2004 8:28pm
fatherdougalmag

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I wonder if it's a case where the manufacturer says 200GB but it actually shows up as 127GB in Explorer. If you look at the bytes free you might see 2,000,000,000.

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#4 08-03-2004 8:45pm
Mr. Fancypants

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Have a gander here :
http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/faq/137_overview.html

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