HDD Size f*cked up?

[cR]

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

[metal_miracle]

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

[cR]

I got it now, I had to rescan it and then format the other partition (it made 2 only showed 1)

[tw0_f0ur_]

wow my HDD just went also, and i know a few other ppls who did also. wierd

[cR]

I've busted about 5HDD's in a year or so :S wierd

[metal_miracle]

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

[mx333]

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

[cR]

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