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).

Ah... Another matter entirely then... Research will be needed for this...

"Mark" wrote in message
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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).

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.