2006-07-02 03:48:42 · 15 answers · asked by hgl 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
If you are running XP, you need to convert to NTFS. This was designed this way to make people convert to it.
This will give you step by step instructions. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307881
2006-07-02 04:07:53 · answer #1 · answered by urndway 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I could be due to various reasons:
1. The BIOS of your pc is not able to recognise a bigger disk. In this case you should contact your vendor because you either need to upgrade your BIOS or to change at least the mother board.
2. You have just that 32gb partition. If you are using Windows you can right click the My PC Icon on the desktop, choose Manage and then looking at your disks. It's possible that you will find you have only this little partition but that you can create additional partitions.
3. If your partition has the FAT32 format it can grow any further. In order to have bigger than that partitions, you need to format them as NTFS.
Anyway, it's not a problem to have a 32gb partition; it's even "healthy" to have various partitions because it reduces the risk of loosing it all when a failure happens.
The problem you should correct first is not been able to use your whole disk.
Hope this helps!
2006-07-02 11:10:36 · answer #2 · answered by mes 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hard drives have a jumper on them that sets them to limit themselves to 32gb for compatibility with older motherboards with BIOS that cannot read or use anything bigger than 32gb. Look on the drive then the jumpers and see if it is set, if so, remove the jumper and you have the entire drive.
If there is no jumper, than your BIOS cannot read the drive bigger than 32gb, but there is a workaround in that all drives come with bootable cd's and have special formatting software made by ontrack that allows older BIOS use the entire space on a hard drive regardless of size. This is tricky to set up, but not impossible and if you dont have the $$$ for a new motherboard, then this is the way to go.
A lot of people love to tell people on here to buy this or that without realizing that a lot of people do not have the money to throw out for a new computer. Fools!
2006-07-07 21:32:34 · answer #3 · answered by ghowriter 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're running a Fat32 formatted drive, instead of an NTFS drive. If you backup your data, you can format, fdisk, and reinstall the operating system onto the old drive, but this time format it as NTFS when it asks how you would like to format it. Don't do it the quick way either, it's not as reliable or thorough. Fat32 is to utilize smaller drives with larger program applications, while NTFS lets files take up a little more space to run and be accessed quicker.
~Just My 0.02
2006-07-15 14:54:16 · answer #4 · answered by salvagedrover 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
several problems could be why it will see only part of the ( HD ) the most thought is that the fat description.. the old systems used fat 16, then fat 32 and nfts all of these problems could be the cause of your grief. If the fat description is off the way to find out is to run a diag. disk into it and it will tell you what you are running on. If you have problems with this take it some one you trust who does computer work, they will be able to help you the most..
Roger
2006-07-02 11:00:00 · answer #5 · answered by roger s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you've got an older operating system. Try partitioning the hard drive into 3 partitions using Norton Partition Magic which allows you to repartition the drive at any time.
2006-07-02 10:54:05 · answer #6 · answered by bobweb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some older machines have a limit to thesize of hard drive it can read. its like the y2k bug - they never expected it to go so far and didnt program to allow for it.
mostly this only shows up with win95 era machines and there may be a BIOS patch available from the manufacturer. (it may be a win95 patch - i cant remember which maybe both)
or its a partition. does your machine have more than one hard drive listed in 'my computer' ?
2006-07-12 18:14:52 · answer #7 · answered by CrazyFingers 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that's depending to operating system you are using..... if you are using Win 98 or 95, or your computer isn't performed (Pentium I, II) maybe it won't be detected, like RAM memory 250 Mbytes, with a computer P II (Microprocessor under 500 Mhz).
and maybe you must install your new hard disk driver, it will help too..
2006-07-02 10:55:00 · answer #8 · answered by !!! Radwan !!! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
follow this steps to maximize the capacity of your disk
1. Control panel
2. Administrative tools
3. Computer Management
4. maximize the storage then go to disk management
5 you can make a new patition
2006-07-02 10:54:51 · answer #9 · answered by kim_rukawa11 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if your running XP about 1-5 of that is going to the OS, i would say call the person(s) that sold you the comp.
2006-07-02 11:15:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
check you BIOS if might be that it is set to fix and you changed it to a higher capacity hd either set it to auto to auto detect your hd or define ot yourself if this is an old pc then you might not be able to maximize the whole hd you might try to partition it and try it you could use the rest of your partiton
2006-07-02 10:53:57 · answer #11 · answered by bitter and twisted 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋