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Hard Drive says its smaller then it is?
It wont let me do anything to it in the Device Manager.
"FeMaster" wrote: OK, you stated that is does show up in Device Manager, correct me if I mis-understood you. This is where you will take care of any partitioning, formatting, or where you can change (or add) the drive letter(s). |
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Hard Drive says its smaller then it is?
Ah... Another matter entirely then... Research will be needed for this...
"Mark" wrote in message ... It wont let me do anything to it in the Device Manager. "FeMaster" wrote: OK, you stated that is does show up in Device Manager, correct me if I mis-understood you. This is where you will take care of any partitioning, formatting, or where you can change (or add) the drive letter(s). |
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Hard Drive says its smaller then it is?
Sorry, I made a mistake. It's not Device Manager, it's Disk Manager that we
need. Right-Click on your "My Computer" icon (desktop or start menu), and choose "manage". In the list of items on the left, choose "disk management". From here is where you can partition, format, or change the drive letter(s). Just make sure that you are changing or messing with the correct drive. In the lower section on the right, you should see a list of all the physical devices in your computer. Disk 0, Disk 1, CD-ROM 1, CD-ROM 2, etc. Most likely your main (boot) drive is going to be Disk 0. Your slave drive should be Disk 1, but don't quote me on that, make you own judgment by checking the total drive size in the boxes label Disk 0, Disk 1, etc. You should see be able to see the different partitions for each "disk", and the associated drive letters. That larger "disk" you are trying to make use of will most likely only show as partially formatted, and no drive letter associated with it. The balance of the drive will most likely read as "unallocated". This just means that is hasn't been set up as a separate partition and formatted. "Mark" wrote in message ... It wont let me do anything to it in the Device Manager. "FeMaster" wrote: OK, you stated that is does show up in Device Manager, correct me if I mis-understood you. This is where you will take care of any partitioning, formatting, or where you can change (or add) the drive letter(s). |
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Hard Drive says its smaller then it is?
All sorted now. Thank you very much for your help!
"FeMaster" wrote: Sorry, I made a mistake. It's not Device Manager, it's Disk Manager that we need. Right-Click on your "My Computer" icon (desktop or start menu), and choose "manage". In the list of items on the left, choose "disk management". From here is where you can partition, format, or change the drive letter(s). Just make sure that you are changing or messing with the correct drive. In the lower section on the right, you should see a list of all the physical devices in your computer. Disk 0, Disk 1, CD-ROM 1, CD-ROM 2, etc. Most likely your main (boot) drive is going to be Disk 0. Your slave drive should be Disk 1, but don't quote me on that, make you own judgment by checking the total drive size in the boxes label Disk 0, Disk 1, etc. You should see be able to see the different partitions for each "disk", and the associated drive letters. That larger "disk" you are trying to make use of will most likely only show as partially formatted, and no drive letter associated with it. The balance of the drive will most likely read as "unallocated". This just means that is hasn't been set up as a separate partition and formatted. |
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Hard Drive says its smaller then it is?
Not a problem at all! Glad it worked out for you, and sorry about the
initial mis-information. For some reason the brain was reading your post as "disk manager" instead of "device manager" at first. Glad it was cleared up successfully. "Mark" wrote in message ... All sorted now. Thank you very much for your help! "FeMaster" wrote: Sorry, I made a mistake. It's not Device Manager, it's Disk Manager that we need. Right-Click on your "My Computer" icon (desktop or start menu), and choose "manage". In the list of items on the left, choose "disk management". From here is where you can partition, format, or change the drive letter(s). Just make sure that you are changing or messing with the correct drive. In the lower section on the right, you should see a list of all the physical devices in your computer. Disk 0, Disk 1, CD-ROM 1, CD-ROM 2, etc. Most likely your main (boot) drive is going to be Disk 0. Your slave drive should be Disk 1, but don't quote me on that, make you own judgment by checking the total drive size in the boxes label Disk 0, Disk 1, etc. You should see be able to see the different partitions for each "disk", and the associated drive letters. That larger "disk" you are trying to make use of will most likely only show as partially formatted, and no drive letter associated with it. The balance of the drive will most likely read as "unallocated". This just means that is hasn't been set up as a separate partition and formatted. |
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Harddrive says its smaller than it is?
I had similar problem. Check that your bios recognizes it correctly (usually press F1 as pc boots up), if yes then set boot options to 'boot from cd drive' and insert windows xp (must have service pack one) in cd drive. Xp will install a few setup files and then show you the drives on your pc suitable for installing windows Xp. Your hard drive should come up correctly here. Select it and Windows will continue to install itself onto your hard drive. All the best to all.
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Harddrive says its smaller than it is?
Nobody has any idea what you are talking about since you probably use a web
service to reply to this. Thus, you're not replying to the original thread and none of the thread is quoted. staffybulldog wrote in message ... I had similar problem. Check that your bios recognizes it correctly (usually press F1 as pc boots up), if yes then set boot options to 'boot from cd drive' and insert windows xp (must have service pack one) in cd drive. Xp will install a few setup files and then show you the drives on your pc suitable for installing windows Xp. Your hard drive should come up correctly here. Select it and Windows will continue to install itself onto your hard drive. All the best to all. |
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