Hello i have a HP model a1250n computer, i just recently reformatted the computer and the hard drive seems to have a problem, it has a 250gb hard drive but it only allows and displays 13gb as max storage space. Any idea to solve this? Thank you.

If you are trying to install the operating system then You might want to back up your computers harddrive if you dont want to save any of the information then you might want to delete both volumes, I think that you are referring to is the restore partition. Jim R

How old is the computer? The BIOS may not understand it, you may have to use the Disk Management software that came with the disk. Another thing, maybe the drive was partitioned when it was first setup. You may only see 13gb of C partition, it may have a D partition that's around 215 gb. That is the first thing to check. If you already reloaded it, check the MMC Management console "Disk Manager" to see how many partitions are on the hard drive. Another thing, maybe you used something other than NTFS.

Number one, "recovery partitions" are usually only one GB max, most times less. If this hard disk came with the machine, I'm sure the bios recognizes the entire disk. Point: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/... Are you installing with an HP "Recovery CD", or your own purchased XP CD? It's a good day when you learn something

I have already checked it wasn't the recovery partition, this is the main drive where windows files is contained. the cd's i used were created by a the cd-recovery program which was included when the computer was purchased.

Dan Penny wrote Number one, "recovery partitions" are usually only one GB max, most times less. I wish the above was true but isn't in most case (except for maybe Dell). On HP desktop running WMCE 2005, the recovery partition is 8GB, Sony VAIO running XP Home 4.5GB, and Toshiba laptop running Vista Home Premium no recovery partition (on 2 DVDs only) i_Xp/VistaUser

OK, I stand corrected. Thanx XpUser. I must have been thinking back to 98FE/SE. (That's where most of my posts on Comp.Net are.) Old school ya know..... It's a good day when you learn something