my hard drive capacity as29.9GB,how can that be.note this is the actual capacity of the disk and not the free space
2006-12-04 08:48:50 · 14 answers · asked by kingkong 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
The drive might be split into several partitions.
Assuming you've got Windows, right click on My Computer and click Manage.
In the left hand side of the Window find Storage, then Disk Managerment - the right hand side will then show you the disks installed on your PC. The will show you the size of the disk, and how much of it is being used (i.e. how much is partitioned). With a bit of luck you'll find 130GB still available. You should be able to partition the available disk as an additional drive.
If you're not sure, press F1 and check out the help file when you've got the Disk Management open.
Make sure you read any messages carefully. One wrong move could possible render your system unusable.
DON'T FORMAT YOUR C DRIVE. If Windows thinks the disk is only 30gb now, so will the format command - and you'll lose everything.
2006-12-04 08:56:21 · answer #1 · answered by mark 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well if it is 160GB it should show up as approximately 149GB in the HD properties. That is because windows measures space in increments of 1024, not 1000 like the manufacturers do.
If you are seeing only 29.9 total then your hard drive was not properly partitioned. If you are running Windows XP you MUST have service pack 1 or 2 installed to be able to properly partition a hard drive of that size.
If you purchased this hard drive seperately form your computer it should have included a disk that will help you partition. Otherwise you will need to reformat and repartition the drive in Windows.
2006-12-04 08:53:20 · answer #2 · answered by taskr36 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Confirm that you have checked all the Drives capacity, means check all the Drivers except CD drive and Floppy drive.
As we will create partitions, it will divide the HD capacity into the Partitions on the Computer so check the all the space of partitions..
If you have checked all the Drives, then the issue is with the Hard drive only. Confirm that you are using 160 GB Hard disk only..
2006-12-04 09:12:10 · answer #3 · answered by koby 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I used to know this because the same thing happened to me... I THINK it has something to do with what your computer can handle, and you might need to find a way to "split" the space over multiple volume labels (Like c:, d:, e: etc..) instead of on a single one.
Sorry, I wish I could remember how to, but usually if you check the website of the brand of the HD, it should be a rather common problem.
2006-12-04 08:54:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
tour partition is set wrong you need to delete the partition and create a new one formatting in ntfs type using the maximum size available. you do this while reinstalling windows
2006-12-04 16:27:01 · answer #5 · answered by D McC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your drive is probably formatted as FAT32. FAT32 has a size limit of 32gb. NTFS can have up to 2TB volumes.
So, you can either make several 32gb partitions using FAT32, or format it as NTFS in Win2K/XP or use Linux to format it
2006-12-04 08:53:13 · answer #6 · answered by BigRez 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Have you config it to NTFS? If you config your drive to FAT32, it will limit the drive size.
2006-12-04 09:20:01 · answer #7 · answered by Bruce__MA 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
....thats about how big mine is....and I must say that 160GB is pretty huge!!! I'd love to have a hard drive that big....could it be perhaps that there is a mistake on your part?
2006-12-04 08:51:30 · answer #8 · answered by Broque C 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As the first answer, but add not partitioned properly.
2006-12-04 08:53:26 · answer #9 · answered by quartzstar 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Sounds like its a 30gig drive then
2006-12-04 08:53:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋