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Main - Computing - Time to make myself look stupid again. :D | New thread | New reply |
Zycor |
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Ninji Level: 36 Posts: 117/237 EXP: 286151 Next: 21959 Since: 05-27-07 Last post: 4799 days Last view: 4745 days |
OK, so I don't know if I've asked about this before, but it kinda bothers me. I decided to get my 80 gig hard drive out of my dead computer and put it in this one and this computer reads it as a 31.4 gig hard drive... what the hell is going on? ____________________ Why are you reading this? My post is up there^ |
Sukasa |
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Red Birdo Level: 92 Posts: 854/2112 EXP: 7672032 Next: 84905 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 4419 days Last view: 3191 days |
Either a bad HD, or your BIOS simply isn't reading it correctly. Does windows say it's 31.4 GBytes, and did only one drive letter show up? |
Zycor |
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Ninji Level: 36 Posts: 118/237 EXP: 286151 Next: 21959 Since: 05-27-07 Last post: 4799 days Last view: 4745 days |
Well, my C drive and D drive (which is the one I added) both show up, and Windows says my D drive is 31.4 GBs. I guess it could be BIOs, but I'm not entirely sure. ____________________ Why are you reading this? My post is up there^ |
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Sledge Brother Compromised account. Level: 86 Posts: 312/1815 EXP: 6111968 Next: 30139 Since: 02-19-07 From: Oregon Last post: 1785 days Last view: 1784 days |
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Cellar Dweller |
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Snifit Level: 39 Posts: 128/287 EXP: 384318 Next: 20453 Since: 02-19-07 From: Arkansas Last post: 4023 days Last view: 3191 days |
The problem is almost certainly caused by an old BIOS or OS. A little searching regarding hard disk size barriers turned up a rather informative page at http://www.dewassoc.com/kbase/hard_drives/hard_drive_size_barriers.htm. Your problem may be the 65536 cylinder barrier described on that page. |
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Flurry Level: 37 Posts: 20/258 EXP: 326236 Next: 12017 Since: 04-10-07 From: Buffalo, NY Last post: 4999 days Last view: 4540 days |
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NightKev |
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Cape Luigi Level: 131 Posts: 2879/4792 EXP: 26170679 Next: 253941 Since: 03-15-07 Last post: 3706 days Last view: 3618 days |
Partitioning might work (you'd have to partition it from another computer). ____________________ |
FranMichaels |
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Newcomer Level: 7 Posts: 1/7 EXP: 1400 Next: 48 Since: 08-04-08 Last post: 5556 days Last view: 5556 days |
Did you format the drive FAT32?
If I remember right, Windows XP cannot create a FAT32 partition larger than 32gig. It can work with fat32 partitions that are larger but cannot make them. I do all my partitioning with gparted under Ubuntu and it supports a plethora of file systems and operations. Try using the gparted livecd http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php The benefit being you can partition it on the same computer, and you can make 3 primary partitions in case it's a limitation of your bios. Hope that helps ya and good luck! |
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