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| Thread ID: 38821 | 2003-10-19 09:23:00 | 120gb disk only recognised as 30gb on windows XP | newman (4753) | Press F1 |
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| 184846 | 2003-10-19 09:23:00 | Hi - i've just bought a new machine & gone from windows 95 to XP, with a 2.8 pentium 4 and a 120gb hard drive. The machine is only showing a ''Ç" drive as just under 30gb. with abit of hunting I have found a system Info report which is showing 1 disc, with 2 partitions and a size of 111.79Gb. It then says Disk #0 Partitiion #0 is 2.01Gb Disk #0 Partition #1 is 29.37Gb If the disk is partitioned, why can windows only show a 'C''Drive? and is the rest of it usable but just invisible? PS I got this PC from the PC Company luckily before they closed completely, as they already had my money - does anyone know how to take the back off? I want to install a firewire card, but all the screws on the back just seem to loosen internal components. It looks like I should just be able to rip off a side panel, but I'm a bit loathe to attempt this!! |
newman (4753) | ||
| 184847 | 2003-10-19 09:42:00 | 111.79 Gbs sounds right for the capacity of the drive. Hard drive manufactures measure their capacity by 1Gb = 1000Mbs, but windows and everyone else measures it to the PC byte (8bits to a byte) so 1Gb = 1024Mbs. Anyway, it looks like you have a recovery partition on the drive somewhere (which would be hidden). PC Co, use this so you can restore your system as quickly if possible. If you have the recovery cd, you could probably delete it, its just quicker to load it off the hard drive than off the cd. otherwise its taking up your valuable space. If you want the remaining hard drive space available, try making a new logical partition in Disk management. It can be found by right clicking on My Computer and selecting manage. If your C drive has used up the full space, and there is no 'unpartitioned space' then you might need a bios upgrade to recognise the full capacity. |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 184848 | 2003-10-19 10:02:00 | if I read your post right, you have a 2GB "c" drive and a 29GB "d" drive and want to know there the other 80GB is?? this might be a bios problem, what mother board do you have? do you know? |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 184849 | 2003-10-19 10:09:00 | Oh, missed something. To get inside the computer, lif the front of the computer up a little and put your hand underneath the plastic cover at the front (where the cd drive is). You should feel a gap under there for your hand. Now in one fluid motion pull the whole plastic thing towards you. Now to get inside, look for a 'warranty void if removed label' and start unscrewing from that side - ignoring the sticker of course. :) |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 184850 | 2003-10-19 22:57:00 | Chances are if you can't open a computer case, or partition and format a hard drive you shouldn't be installing components yourself. Try googling for some information on formatting large disk's. |
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438) | ||
| 184851 | 2003-10-19 23:34:00 | Ahh the PCco cases take a bit of effort to open as the screws are hidden from the user. | PoWa (203) | ||
| 184852 | 2003-10-19 23:52:00 | > Ahh the PCco cases take a bit of effort to open as > the screws are hidden from the user. I think there is some quite sound reasoning behind that |
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438) | ||
| 184853 | 2003-10-20 00:05:00 | Thanks for the help so far - the hard drive ( or rather the 29Gb bit of it) is only showing in control panel as a 'C' drive. As the Bios startup screen flashes by, I can see '120Gb', and on the system Info print out, the remaining disk space is clearly there. So if the disk is partitioned, as it appears to be - why no other drive letter present? The seagate website suggests the jumpers may be in the wrong position which brings me back to needing to open the case... just because I cannot see how to, doesn't mean I shouldn't. Ever got in a new car and not been able to find a particular switch? - doesn't mean you shouldn't be driving!;) |
newman (4753) | ||
| 184854 | 2003-10-20 01:06:00 | Hi Guys Just had a phone call from the last man standing at the PC Company. The hard disk problem is a 'glitch' they overlooked and they are going to send a bit of software to rectify the problem. and you were correct about the way to open the case. Thanks for the help. |
newman (4753) | ||
| 184855 | 2003-10-20 03:35:00 | so if you want to use fat32 in XP, 32G is the limit per partition. yes, windows98 can see 128G, hahahaha, going backwards,.... you can't, w98 may not run on P4 2.8G. use NTFS gl |
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