i have a 80gig samsung harddrive and i fdisk and formatted it and now it is only showing that it is a 30gig.could someone please tell me how to fix it
2006-08-10 18:44:33 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
It depends on two factors:
Does your BIOS support the drive size
or
Did your use the correct file format to format the drive.
Most likely you didn't format the drive in correct file format. Using fdisk through the dos prompt you probably formatted the drive using FAT32 format. Though it supports drive sizes up to 8 TB, for some strange reason, you can't format the drive any larger than 32 GB. If your installing an OS like Windows 2000 or XP, use the installation CD and the setup should allow you to reformat the drive in NTFS, which allows drive sizes way bigger than 32GB. If you're using an OS earlier than Windows 2000 or you're unable to update your BIOS to support the new drive, you'll need software from your hard drive manufacture to help solve the problem.
2006-08-11 03:41:07 · answer #1 · answered by Elliot K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are using regular fdisk, you probably formatted your drive as FAT32. The maximum size is roughtly ~30 gigs without hacking it or using external programs like partition magic.
If you want your full size drive back without spending extra money. Boot off windows setup disc and format the drive as NTFS.
2006-08-11 01:52:57 · answer #2 · answered by jatbarjason 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in windows xp go to the control panel admin console computer management storage and see how is your drive configured.
you should be able to add an other partition to use the rest of the drive.
2006-08-11 02:50:56 · answer #3 · answered by ngufra 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use fdisk again. Delete all partition and repartion it again..
If you don't know how to use FDISK read this...
http://www.fdisk.com/fdisk/
2006-08-11 03:45:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
try using the windows xp setup. during setup it asks for disk partition or formatting.
2006-08-11 01:51:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe it's partitioned.
in your BIOS Settings, check if you have how many hard drive and what are its sizes. Or let your bios setting auto detect your hard drive. it it shows 80gb, maybe your windows can't read it or it has been partitioned.
2006-08-11 01:48:37 · answer #6 · answered by ynupq 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some help links below.
2006-08-11 01:50:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
?? try to use partition magic u might have formatted it wrng also (cough) reformat
2006-08-11 01:49:27 · answer #8 · answered by Gohst 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋