asus Posted January 29, 2005 Posted January 29, 2005 well.. i am fixing my friends computer.. and his 200 gb drive now only shows up as 128gb YES it is 200gb and before it showd up as having 189gb free.. i deleated the partition, reformatted.. nothing.. any ideas.. its a western digital.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunak87 Posted January 29, 2005 Posted January 29, 2005 I had that problem with my old motherboard. It showed anything over 120 as 120. The solution was a bios upgrade. That could be the problem with your friend, might wanna check the manufacturer's site and see if that's in one of the fixes of the latest version. good luck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolzero101 Posted January 29, 2005 Posted January 29, 2005 install service pack 1 to fix it i think, or make 2 partitions. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
asus Posted January 29, 2005 Posted January 29, 2005 well.. it detected it as a 200 GB hard drive before i deleated the partition.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunak87 Posted January 29, 2005 Posted January 29, 2005 Does the BIOS report it as 200GB? Because you can narrow it down to an OS problem if Windows is the one showing it as 128. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
asus Posted January 29, 2005 Posted January 29, 2005 good idea let met check Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r_g Posted January 29, 2005 Posted January 29, 2005 same thing w/ my western digital 160gb drive. My bios reports it as 160, but windows only gives me 128, and ive installed service pack1 so i dunno what to do. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
asus Posted January 29, 2005 Posted January 29, 2005 ya.. i have sp1 .. bios says 200gb wd.. and some serial number.. im about to break this thing.. i have know idea why its doing this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifted Posted January 29, 2005 Posted January 29, 2005 what os? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
asus Posted January 29, 2005 Posted January 29, 2005 WINDOWS.. ahaha.. ya.. but linux detects that its 200gb fine.. so does the BIOS.. but windows xp pro with sp1 does not.. any fixes.. any ideas.. this is were a A+ may come in handy lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BionicSniper Posted January 29, 2005 Posted January 29, 2005 service pack 2 i havent had any problems with it so just upgrade already Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
asus Posted January 29, 2005 Posted January 29, 2005 i dont think so.. i CANT do that.. NOT SP2.. thats as much as i can say for that.. anyway.. is there some sort of hot fix through windows.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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