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I have an iMedia 2215 160gb which I got at xmas. I have not used up all the space yet it is saying I only have 23gb of 137gb left. I have only one partition (137gb NTFS). I cannot repartition or do anything to this HDD.
How do i increase the space to use for my purposes. Please help- going around in circles with this
the 137gb limit probably has something to do with lack of windows service packs or lack 48bit lba support on your motherboard.
look here:
http://www.48bitlba.com/I suspect if you fix this you will not increase the size of the existing partition to 160gb, you will have a new separate partition of the difference which will show up in disc management. (it could then be merged to make one big partition using some separate software)
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Are you still using Vista?
Vista should be 48 bit LBA compliant out of the box. Your computer should also be 48 bit LBA compliant.
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The 137GB limit was a problem with XP installations without any service packs, Vista doesn't have that problem. And looking at your system specs, I kinda doubt the 48-bit LBA support is the issue but it is possible. See if a BIOS update is available.
http://www.packardbell.co.uk/produc...
My guess is the problem is with the SATA drivers.
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No reinstallation done.This is the hard drive supplied.
No messing with settings has been done. It just seems to have locked me out of these controls to repartition
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Your system came with the 160GB hard drive so I assume the BIOS is compatible.
A 160GB hard drive is actually less capacity than that. Add in your hidden restore partition and it may come out right.
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A 160gb drive when formatted to NTFS should show 149gb.
The 12gb shortfall is probably a hidden restore partition as OtheHill said.
New drives are cheap now and easy to add if you want more space.
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