200GB hard drive is read as 131GB
 

in the bios it says 200GB, but when installing the operating system..it only
show an unpartitioned space of 131GB. can anyone suggest why it would do
this? it is set up as primary slave rite now.

200GB hard drive is read as 131GB
 

Most likely the BIOS in your computer does not support hard drives that
large. What size does the BIOS setup screen report?

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"richard" wrote in message
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in the bios it says 200GB, but when installing the operating system..it
only
show an unpartitioned space of 131GB. can anyone suggest why it would do
this? it is set up as primary slave rite now.

200GB hard drive is read as 131GB
 

You're running Windows ME (or at least you've posted in the WindowsME NG and
you can only format the drive in FAT32. To see a single partition of 200gb
you will have to upgrade to WindowsXP and use NTFS.

Alternatively format the drive into two or more partitions.
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"richard" wrote in message
...
in the bios it says 200GB, but when installing the operating system..it
only
show an unpartitioned space of 131GB. can anyone suggest why it would do
this? it is set up as primary slave rite now.

200GB hard drive is read as 131GB
 

http://www.48bitlba.com/win98hbi.htm

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Jonny
"richard" wrote in message
...
in the bios it says 200GB, but when installing the operating system..it
only
show an unpartitioned space of 131GB. can anyone suggest why it would do
this? it is set up as primary slave rite now.