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gaelforce
Joined: 20 Feb 2005
Location: Bucheon
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 Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 10:18 pm Post subject: Size does matter |
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I just bought a new Western Digital 200GB hard drive from Yongsan.
For some reason it (or my computer) thinks that it's only 132GB.
This was before I made any partitions or messed with it
How can I fix this? can I fix this?
As always, your help is appreciated |
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itaewonguy
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 1:35 am Post subject: |
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damn that sucks!!!
I have no idea.. but I feel your pain! dude.. take it back.. sounds like you got ripped..
check the HDD make sure it says 200 on the unit.. maybe its a 140 or something.. |
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gaelforce
Joined: 20 Feb 2005
Location: Bucheon
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| Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 2:04 am Post subject: |
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Ok, did some digging on the net.
My drive is a S-ATA one.
From what I've read today, theres some inadequacy in XP that limits HDD size
see this link.http://www.techimo.com/forum/t137981.html
It's been corrected in the new versions but my copy is really old with no service packs. I need to download sp1 or above to enable the recognition of any disk bigger than 130GB.
No internet at home til next week so I'll test this theory then.
Sorted, I hope. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Could it be that your drive was partioned? Check if you have more drivers listed than you have. |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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| It's no theory. WinXP (pre-SP'ed) only sees 130 +/- GB. SATA or EIDE. |
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