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Problem With HDD

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  • 08-02-2007 5:24pm
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    Gary ITR
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    I put the HDD from my old machine into my new machine, it had an OS on it but I didn't try to boot to it, After I formatted it, it only shows a total size of 29gigs, it should be 200!! Any ideas on whats gone on with it?


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    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Did you format it in Windows (like is it your second hard drive)?


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    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,805 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    Yes it's a second one and i formatted it in windows, the file system is showing as fat32 now not ntfs


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    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Go to Start->Run->diskmgmt.msc and see if the drive is listed there and what it is showing up as.

    If you want to convert to NTFS you can use the below command.

    Start->Run->cmd

    In the command prompt window, type: convert D: /fs:ntfs

    For example, typing convert D: /fs:ntfs would format drive D: with the ntfs format. You can convert FAT or FAT32 volumes to NTFS with this command.


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    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,805 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    I'm not on that PC now but I'll give it a go later.. thanks Ruu


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    zilog_jones
    Registered Users Posts: 6,641 ✭✭✭zilog_jones


    Onkle wrote:
    Yes it's a second one and i formatted it in windows, the file system is showing as fat32 now not ntfs
    The problem is a FAT32 partition is limited to 32GB (which seems to end up being only 29GB useable in your case). Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc or go to Computer Management in the Control Panel) gives you options to choose how to format it - you need to format it in NTFS.

    If there's nothing on it, you don't need to convert it like what Ruu said.


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    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,805 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    I went into disk managment, the missing part of the disk shows up as unallocated


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    Redisle
    Registered Users Posts: 1,849 ✭✭✭Redisle


    Right click and press delete partition.. then right click again and press new partition and follow the prompts and enter the full disk size to use all of the disc.
    Follow the prompts and choose to format it with ntfs and you can tick the quick format box so it will only take a few minutes
    Edit: Bear in mind this deletes all data on the disc.


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