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Thread ID: 28960 2003-01-06 06:55:00 Harddrive size reported incorrectly asdex (1488) Press F1
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111399 2003-01-06 06:55:00 Hi, a friend of mine has installed a new 20GB harddrive replacing his 1.2GB.The BIOS detected it ok and says its a 20GB but in Windows 98 My Computer or Windows Explorer it says its a 4.58GB. What can be the problem?
Thanks,
asdex
asdex (1488)
111400 2003-01-06 09:26:00 Well your 20Gig won't really be 20G in reality more like 18G. But 4.5G well you've taken a hit.
I'm imagining that you havn't partioned it properly.

Take a look at some partioning programmes like Partion Magic.
Or read up on FDisk, i believe you will find something to help you in the FAQ section of pressf1
roofus (483)
111401 2003-01-06 19:10:00 You may have a corrupt Master Boot Record on the Hard Disk. Open a 'dos box' (Start / Run enter 'command' ) and issue the command "fdisk /status". Post back the results. wuppo (41)
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