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Lost Hard Drive Space
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 2:10 pm
by Antharias2k
I have recently upgraded and am having a problem getting my 160GB SATA to read the full +/- 160Gigabytes.
My current setup is a 2600+ on a MSI K7N2 Delta 2 motherboard for AMD, 1GB of DDR 400 and a Geforce FX5600.
I have installed the SATA and only get 127GB available to me. This is a problem seeing as there is a LAN coming up and there are leech servers.
I know that my system is not the best, but I live in South Africa and only have a part time job during the weekend and holidays and I have bought this all without much help.
My computer is also restarting in the middle of games for some unknown reason. I don't know if it was a bad Windows installation or whether there is a problem with my hardware.
I would be grateful for any and all assistance.
Thanks
Antharias
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 5:32 pm
by k1k355
i had a similar problem with my win98se and msi k7 motherboard....
do u have win98?or 95?what Hd did you buy? they have trouble reading HDs lager that 40gb accuratly so u have to dl some programs to define them corectly.
im telling u this because when i installed drivers i still didnt work(i have 80gb western digital) so i dl-ed program from western's web called data lifeguard and it worked like a charm!
dunno if this helps u but im just sharing my expirience
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 12:06 am
by HighLordDave
What OS and file system are you guys running?
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 10:51 am
by Antharias2k
I am using XP Professional and am using NTFS file system.
I am going to try and partition the harddrive now to see if it works.
I will tell you if this works otherwises please try to suggest something else.
Antharias
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 3:51 pm
by Luis Antonio
Antarias, have you checked out your motherboard and processor temperature? the computer may be rebooting after exausting its capability and heatening up - in this case you need a new fan (as I needed and installed)
About the harddisk, however, I cant help you with any hints...
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 1:47 am
by Magrus
Many hard drives now built for PC's state that you need to update Windows XP with Service Pack 2 in order to get the full size of the hard drive available to you. Could be your problem.
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 3:43 pm
by Antharias2k
I sorted out the restarting problem, however, I cant remember how.Soz.
I just had a bad installation with windows, re-installed and got an extra 25 gigs of space.
I had never seen such a large installation of windows in all my life, and I have formatted a lot of times and re-installed a lot of times as well.
Antharias
Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 2:42 pm
by Malta Soron
[QUOTE=Antharias2k]I sorted out the restarting problem, however, I cant remember how.Soz.
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Changed something in the BIOS?