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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. |
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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? -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "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. |
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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. -- Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "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. |
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200GB hard drive is read as 131GB
http://www.48bitlba.com/win98hbi.htm
........... 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. |
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