I suspect that Ceri in response #1 is correct. That model originally came with an 8GB hard drive. It's likely that it has an 8GB limit. If there is an empty PCI slot, you can add an IDE/ATA hard drive controller for about $20-$30. Or you can go to the hard drive manufacturer's web site and download an 'overlay' program that will fool the bios into thinking it's a smaller drive. Do yourself a favor BACKUP! Sorry, I do not check for private messages

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Yeah, a bios upgrade would be the first thing to try. That gateway will use an intel motherboard. Often intel will have more recent upgrades than gateway. If you know the intel model number of your motherboard you can force the intel bios as an upgrade. But certainly try the gateway bios first. Go to their site and use the serial number on the back of the computer to locate the upgrade. If the upgrade doesn't work they'll be a capacity limiting jumper on the drive you can use. When that is jumped the bios will see the drive as a much smaller drive--probably 32 gig. Then you can use a drive overlay program that Ceri mentioned to get access to its entire capacity. But overlays are kind of a hassle so the add-on ATA card is probably a better solution. It just depends on whether you want to put more money into it.

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Or put that drive in another machine and get a used 10 gig or so drive and put in there. They are dirt cheap. What are the other specs on the machine - RAM, add in cards, etc. Obviously it has a PII-300 processor.)

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