Wrong Hard Drive Disk Space

[michael]

A few weeks ago I purchased a new western digital 120 GB
hard drive and a copy of Windows XP home edition
upgrade. My current hard drive that came with my Compaq
computer was going bad. My Compaq came preloaded with
Windows 98 but Compaq only supplied me with a "restore
CD" rather than the original Windows OS CD. I could not
load XP unless there was a previous version of windows on
the new hard drive, so I copied as much of my old hard
drive onto the new hard drive before it froze up. I then
installed the restoration disk and corrected any problems
from the incomplete transfer from the old hard drive. I
then loaded Windows XP.

So here is my problem (I have contacted Western digital
and my computer manufacture regarding this and have not
been able to resolve my problem.) Windows XP does not
recognize the full capacity of the new hard drive it only
shows 18.6 GB total space when I check the properties of
the C drive vs 120 GB of what it should be. In addition
my CD read/writer is no longer recognized as a writer and
I can only use it as a regular CD player.

any suggestions?

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Michael;
What does BIOS show?
What does Disk Management show:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3ben-us%3b309000
Does the Compaq Restore CD restore the original partitions leaving the
rest as unused?
That would be about right for a 20 gb hard drive.

Double-check cabling and jumpers.

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"michael" > wrote in message
...
> A few weeks ago I purchased a new western digital 120 GB
> hard drive and a copy of Windows XP home edition
> upgrade. My current hard drive that came with my Compaq
> computer was going bad. My Compaq came preloaded with
> Windows 98 but Compaq only supplied me with a "restore
> CD" rather than the original Windows OS CD. I could not
> load XP unless there was a previous version of windows on
> the new hard drive, so I copied as much of my old hard
> drive onto the new hard drive before it froze up. I then
> installed the restoration disk and corrected any problems
> from the incomplete transfer from the old hard drive. I
> then loaded Windows XP.
>
> So here is my problem (I have contacted Western digital
> and my computer manufacture regarding this and have not
> been able to resolve my problem.) Windows XP does not
> recognize the full capacity of the new hard drive it only
> shows 18.6 GB total space when I check the properties of
> the C drive vs 120 GB of what it should be. In addition
> my CD read/writer is no longer recognized as a writer and
> I can only use it as a regular CD player.
>
> any suggestions?

[Angelo]

Michael,

I'm having the same problem. Instead I've installed a
80GB WD HD and only 32 GB are showing up.

Both BIOS and Disk Managment show 32 GB.
My jumpers shunts are on 1,2 and 5,6. I have a 200GB
slave installed(showing up fine).

I've updated my BIOS( intel D850EMV2 ).

PartitionMagic 8.0 is only seeing 32GB too.

Any help would be great.

TIA,
Angelo

>-----Original Message-----
>Michael;
>What does BIOS show?
>What does Disk Management show:
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3ben-
us%3b309000
>Does the Compaq Restore CD restore the original
partitions leaving the
>rest as unused?
>That would be about right for a 20 gb hard drive.
>
>Double-check cabling and jumpers.
>
>--
>Jupiter Jones [MVP]
>An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/s
etup.asp
>Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit.
>
>
>"michael" > wrote in message
...
>> A few weeks ago I purchased a new western digital 120
GB
>> hard drive and a copy of Windows XP home edition
>> upgrade. My current hard drive that came with my
Compaq
>> computer was going bad. My Compaq came preloaded with
>> Windows 98 but Compaq only supplied me with a "restore
>> CD" rather than the original Windows OS CD. I could
not
>> load XP unless there was a previous version of windows
on
>> the new hard drive, so I copied as much of my old hard
>> drive onto the new hard drive before it froze up. I
then
>> installed the restoration disk and corrected any
problems
>> from the incomplete transfer from the old hard drive.
I
>> then loaded Windows XP.
>>
>> So here is my problem (I have contacted Western digital
>> and my computer manufacture regarding this and have not
>> been able to resolve my problem.) Windows XP does not
>> recognize the full capacity of the new hard drive it
only
>> shows 18.6 GB total space when I check the properties
of
>> the C drive vs 120 GB of what it should be. In
addition
>> my CD read/writer is no longer recognized as a writer
and
>> I can only use it as a regular CD player.
>>
>> any suggestions?
>
>
>.
>

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Angelo;
Check the motherboard manufacturer.
What is the largest hard drive supported by that motherboard?

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"Angelo" > wrote in message
...
> Michael,
>
> I'm having the same problem. Instead I've installed a
> 80GB WD HD and only 32 GB are showing up.
>
> Both BIOS and Disk Managment show 32 GB.
> My jumpers shunts are on 1,2 and 5,6. I have a 200GB
> slave installed(showing up fine).
>
> I've updated my BIOS( intel D850EMV2 ).
>
> PartitionMagic 8.0 is only seeing 32GB too.
>
> Any help would be great.
>
> TIA,
> Angelo
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Michael;
> >What does BIOS show?
> >What does Disk Management show:
> >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3ben-
> us%3b309000
> >Does the Compaq Restore CD restore the original
> partitions leaving the
> >rest as unused?
> >That would be about right for a 20 gb hard drive.
> >
> >Double-check cabling and jumpers.
> >
> >--
> >Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> >An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
> >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/s
> etup.asp
> >Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit.
> >
> >
> >"michael" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> A few weeks ago I purchased a new western digital 120
> GB
> >> hard drive and a copy of Windows XP home edition
> >> upgrade. My current hard drive that came with my
> Compaq
> >> computer was going bad. My Compaq came preloaded with
> >> Windows 98 but Compaq only supplied me with a "restore
> >> CD" rather than the original Windows OS CD. I could
> not
> >> load XP unless there was a previous version of windows
> on
> >> the new hard drive, so I copied as much of my old hard
> >> drive onto the new hard drive before it froze up. I
> then
> >> installed the restoration disk and corrected any
> problems
> >> from the incomplete transfer from the old hard drive.
> I
> >> then loaded Windows XP.
> >>
> >> So here is my problem (I have contacted Western digital
> >> and my computer manufacture regarding this and have not
> >> been able to resolve my problem.) Windows XP does not
> >> recognize the full capacity of the new hard drive it
> only
> >> shows 18.6 GB total space when I check the properties
> of
> >> the C drive vs 120 GB of what it should be. In
> addition
> >> my CD read/writer is no longer recognized as a writer
> and
> >> I can only use it as a regular CD player.
> >>
> >> any suggestions?
> >
> >
> >.
> >