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Missing Hard Drive Space

  • 10-04-2006 10:39am
    #1
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭


    just had to format and reinstall windows and for some reason my computer says the hard drive size is half of what it should be. it was 250 gigs before installation, now 121 gigs

    anyone know whats happening and how to fix it?


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  • #2
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    IDE\SATA? File system?


  • #3
    uberpixie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,864 ✭✭✭uberpixie


    Mossy Monk wrote:
    just had to format and reinstall windows and for some reason my computer says the hard drive size is half of what it should be. it was 250 gigs before installation, now 121 gigs

    anyone know whats happening and how to fix it?

    What os are you using?

    Could be that you need a service pack to enable big disk support.


  • #4
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    Windows XP Pro
    SATA
    NTFS

    need anything else
    i'll install the service packs now to see if they make any difference


  • #5
    Oriel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Oriel


    Right click on your my computer icon, and select Manage. Go to you Disk Management section to see what's going on with it.


  • #6
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    says all is healthy :confused:


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  • #7
    Gurgle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,064 ✭✭✭Gurgle


    Mossy Monk wrote:
    Windows XP Pro
    i'll install the service packs now to see if they make any difference
    That should do it allright.
    Win '98 SE and Win 2K Professional are the only versions that really support large hard disks.
    XP Pro has cobbled-together support for it with SP2.
    Might be difficult to configure it while your system is running off the same drive, you'll have to have it partitioned.


  • #8
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    all sorted

    thanks for the help :)


  • #9
    groundedplane
    Closed Accounts Posts: 54 ✭✭groundedplane


    You need to have sp1 installed on XP to see drives bigger than 121 gig. Install sp2 which has sp1 rolled into it and when its installed, you will see the full size of your drive.


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