Hard Drive capacity 40GB but only shows up as 7.95GB

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Recently I purchased new system with Hard Drive ST340014A
having 40020 MB capacity (as shown by IDEUtil) with NTFS
format and Windows XP Home Addition; however 'properties'
on Hard drive C says only 7.95 GB.

How do I fix?

Is they a max that XP will work with (ie need to
partition drive)?

Thanks.
 
jkf said:
Recently I purchased new system with Hard Drive ST340014A
having 40020 MB capacity (as shown by IDEUtil) with NTFS
format and Windows XP Home Addition; however 'properties'
on Hard drive C says only 7.95 GB.

How do I fix?

Is they a max that XP will work with (ie need to
partition drive)?
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You have not reached a MAX XP cannot handle.. Not even close.

Sounds more like you reached a max your BIOS could handle or you partitioned
the drive that way or something.

What does your system BIOS tell you that you have?
 
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