This is what I bought: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=133
It registers on my computer as 127GB, not 250GB. Any idea why? I have windows XP pro
2006-12-19 13:05:44 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
I just checked my bios, it's not that.. I registered as 250GB in there.
2006-12-19 13:31:01 · update #1
sounds like your bios cant read all the space...
1. Your BIOS must support drives over 128 GB
2. You must have Service Pack 1 or 2 for XP installed.
If your BIOS doesn't support drives over 128 GB you can try upgrading your BIOS OR get yourself a new add-on card that supports drives over 128 GB (they cost $20-40). And make sure you have a service pack installed.
2006-12-19 13:07:54 · answer #1 · answered by VzjrZ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question- if the BIOS recognizes it, I can't imagine why it would register as half size, unless you enabled some weird RAID features... Most drives with a size limit jumper would be seen as 32mb, not 128mb.
Unless the drive isn't really new? Perhaps someone previously installed it & created a partition on a system that had a BIOS limitation, and returned it?
I'd just delete the existing partition and try re-formatting.
2006-12-19 13:38:34 · answer #2 · answered by Proto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i imagine that i'd contact Western digital in this. have you ever tried to hook the force to a unique computing gadget and then load residing house windows? If it extremely works on yet another computing gadget than your mobo is the precedence. maximum in all probability the sata plugs have a malfunction, or a capacitor is out. Are the sata cable ends completely seated? Does the force format extremely rapidly?
2016-11-30 23:45:24 · answer #3 · answered by anuj 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to start run then type cmd then OK and run chkdsk in read only mode from command box to see if there are any bad sectors on the drive then run chkdsk/r to schedule chkdsk to run during reboot to determin if the hard drive is a 127 GB or 250 GB on some versions of windows xp you can only partician 127 GB at a time on a large hard drive
2006-12-19 13:30:42 · answer #4 · answered by Harry B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since it's a SATA drive it's doubtful that it would be the bios...
Right click My Computer -> Manage -> Disk Management
Then look at the info and try to format the drive...
If that fails the only other way I could think of would be in linux (Do you dual boot ??)...
VJ
2006-12-19 13:12:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
every memory storage device is like that. such as: external hard drives and flash drive remeovable sticks. Why? Each of them have hidden small files that just hold readmes, helps, and other information about the storage itself. nothing is ever perfect, but as long as its pretty close.....and not like.....half gone already...... does it really make a difference? the thing is.....yours is almost half gone which is strange...
2006-12-21 10:13:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea, my pc says "80gb" its actually like 74.4gb, i gues it either got dropped or somthings messed up, but u still have tons of room
2006-12-19 13:22:42 · answer #7 · answered by patryske 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋