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Windows not reading extra drives

  • 23-02-2008 07:40PM
    #1
    JayC5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 333 ✭✭


    Hi

    Was wondering if anyone could offer some advice - I recently wiped my pc & installed windows etc etc, up until the instal everything had been working fine - I have two hard disks in my machine, a 250 & 150GB & after the clean install windows only recognises one & its not even the right size! (its reading it at 120GB or something like that)

    I flashed my BIOS to the latest release but still nothing. All drivers are installed as far as I'm aware so I'm not sure what to do next - any suggestions?

    Thanks


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  • #2
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,363 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Right click on My Computer, select manage, select Disk Management. How many drives are in there?


  • #3
    JayC5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 333 ✭✭JayC5


    I only see the C drive in the top window when I do this, also there appears to be 105 GBs unallocated space - it can't be a partition as I deleted everything before the reinstall?

    I can see the secondary drive in the bottom section which is unallocated?

    Any ideas?

    Thanks for your response - appreciated


  • #4
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,363 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    When you reinstalled, did you set the partition size to 120gb when you were installing? TBH, it sounds like you formatted both your drives.


  • #5
    JayC5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 333 ✭✭JayC5


    I just followed a basic guide I found on the net - I don't recall setting any size or anything - I just formatted my second hard disk within windows then intalled windows after formatting using this disk for the main drive.

    What do I need to do from here ?


  • #6
    JayC5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 333 ✭✭JayC5


    I've discovered that when re-installing xp with an instal disc that does not include service pack 2 it defaults to 130gb no matter what size drive is installed.

    It was recommended that I track down software called norton ghost and attempt to stretch my available 130gbs to include all the unallocated disk space. However, how do I get it to recognise my other installed secondary drive - any ideas tech-heads?


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  • #7
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    JayC5 wrote: »
    I've discovered that when re-installing xp with an instal disc that does not include service pack 2 it defaults to 130gb no matter what size drive is installed.

    It was recommended that I track down software called norton ghost and attempt to stretch my available 130gbs to include all the unallocated disk space. However, how do I get it to recognise my other installed secondary drive - any ideas tech-heads?
    I'm pritty sure its partition magic (made by norton now) is what you want for making unallocated space useable, norton ghost is a backup app, allows you to clone images of your hard disk afaik...

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