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Title: HDD Size f*cked up?
Post by: cR on February 27, 2005, 08:38:34 PM
Hey guys,

My HDD crashed this morning and now I've put in a 250GB HDD and installed Win XP Pro and now it says it's only 127GB... anyone knows what's up with that?

Peace out, Clint
Title: Re: HDD Size f*cked up?
Post by: metal_miracle on February 27, 2005, 10:29:34 PM
maybe you need to use partition magic to make smaller partitions..

i used  C:10gb,  d:30gb,  E:30gb, F:30gb   on my 120gb hd

Title: Re: HDD Size f*cked up?
Post by: cR on February 28, 2005, 02:20:20 AM
I got it now, I had to rescan it and then format the other partition (it made 2 only showed 1) :)
Title: Re: HDD Size f*cked up?
Post by: tw0_f0ur_ on February 28, 2005, 02:30:48 AM
wow my HDD just went also, and i know a few other ppls who did also. wierd
Title: Re: HDD Size f*cked up?
Post by: cR on February 28, 2005, 06:09:43 PM
I've busted about 5HDD's in a year or so :S wierd
Title: Re: HDD Size f*cked up?
Post by: metal_miracle on February 28, 2005, 09:15:51 PM
i had 1 hd for 5-6 years befor i went but can still brows the content.     my current on i have had for 3 years..

i partion my hd in 1/4 and run norton utilleties maybe thats what have stoped it form crashing.. and place the things i rearly use on the last partition.like the windows cd and drivers and backup
Title: Re: HDD Size f*cked up?
Post by: mx333 on March 01, 2005, 12:12:30 AM
guys running xp you have to have xp with the 2nd service pack or else it will only read up to 130gigs i believe but ya you can partition it but if u want it to read all of your HD you need to have xp with service pack 2 on disk and then install it...crap  u know wat i mean i forget the words when u take xp and have service pack 2 together to install but whtever
Title: Re: HDD Size f*cked up?
Post by: cR on March 01, 2005, 01:18:16 AM
You don't need SP2. Go the the configuration panel > system management > computer management (I might be off here, my XP is dutch so...), there you gotta scan for partitions or new drives, then format the partitions/drives it found and done :)