I recently built my pc.I have a 40gig & 200gig harddrives intalled,but My pc only reconizes 137gigs on the 200 gig harddrive.How can i make my pc reconize and use all the 200 gigs.I heard you can install xp service pack2 and it will work,i did and and still hasn't worked.Will i have to erase my harddrive and start from scratch or is there another way.???
2007-03-09 06:14:35 · 4 answers · asked by TjD 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Well, it is true that if you install service pack two it has support for larger partitions. But you created the partition @ 137 gigs before you upgraded to SP2. So the partition is still 137gigs.
The easiest way for you to solve this would be to type "diskmgmt.msc" in the run dialog of the start menu. From there it will show you a list of drives installed on the computer and the space available. On the 200 gig drive, there should show some unused space. Right click on that unused space and go to "format". This will allow you to create a partition using the last 40-50 gigs that are on the drive.
Keep in mind that it will show up as a completely different drive letter than the 137gig drive. You will not get the full 200 gigs out of it, it will be more like 187gigs total. But that would be the case if you partitioned the drive completely anyhow.
Another option would be to go out and buy a program such as partition magic to extend the current partition to the full capacity of the drive. But why spend money when you do not have to.
2007-03-09 06:30:45 · answer #1 · answered by Bjorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may be a limit in the BIOS of the system board. What you can do is partition the first 136 gig as one drive and the remaining 44 gig as a second drive. (Or two 100 gig - or any other combo that works for you).
2007-03-09 06:22:33 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
regrettably hd companies around up the dimensions of the hd.they're getting worse as time gos by ability of.i bought a a hundred and sixty and it merely has 127 on it.possibly if all of us starts to ***** to those companies they'll start up putting the properly suited information on their products...
2016-12-14 14:54:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
check the settings in your bios to see what the upper limits are , you may need to flash the bios if there is a update
2007-03-09 06:20:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋