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hard drive is 40GB says its 20GB
Name: Val Date: October 8, 2002 at 17:31:13 Pacific OS: Windows ME CPU/Ram: 866mhz 384mb
Comment:
I have just installed a new hard drive. It is a 40 GB. My old hard drive was a 20GB. The computer still says that it is 20GB.
Name: smithdk Date: October 8, 2002 at 18:39:08 Pacific
Reply:
Did you format the entire hard drive? Goto a command prompt and type fdisk /status. Post back what it says.
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Response Number 2
Name: wawadave Date: October 8, 2002 at 18:41:13 Pacific
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is bios set to auto detect hard drives
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Response Number 3
Name: val Date: October 9, 2002 at 03:28:38 Pacific
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i went to prompt and type fdisk /status and checked harddrive size..it said 19540
i checked bios..opposite hdd was auto detection
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Response Number 4
Name: Frank Date: October 9, 2002 at 06:35:22 Pacific
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Your BIOS may not support 40 GB drives. Either update (reflash) your BIOS with the latest from the motherboard manufacturer or go to the hard drive manufacturer and get the overlay that allows your computer to use a 40 GB drive. For instance, with Western Digital, the overlay is called Data Lifeguard.
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Response Number 5
Name: smithdk Date: October 9, 2002 at 07:23:01 Pacific
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Does fdisk show 100% usage? Do you have 2 hard drives in your system now? If so fdisk should show 100% disk usage for both drives.
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