SHRINKING HARD DRIVE

[DELBOY59]

MY 60GIG HARD SHOWS THAT IT ONLY HAS 8 GIG CAPACITY I
HAVE INSTALLED W98 THEN UPGRADED TO WIN XP PRO. WHEN I
SAW THAT MY HARD DRIVE WAS ABOUT 2GIG I FORMATTED IT AND
REINSTALLED W98 AND THIS SHOWED 8 GIG WHAT HAS HAPPENED
TO TH OTHER 52GIG

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Please turn off your Caps Lock key. It's considered shouting, is extremely
rude and makes the posting very difficult to read.

Have you looked for a BIOS upgrade at the website of your motherboard
manufacturer?

When you formatted the hard drive, did you do so with the XP CD... or with
some other boot floppy disk?

Have you looked at the website of the hard drive manufacturer? Maxtor for
example has a KB at their website and it gives the solution:
http://maxtor.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/...nl_JnBfY2F0X2x2bDI9fmFueX4mcF9wYWdlPTE*&p_li=

 

[Guest]

sorry about caps lock didn`t realise i had it on.

i formatted my hard drive with a boot floppy, I am not
very up on the technical side of pc`s
and i don`t know what i should look for on the site you
mention.
thanks for your help

 

[Cerridwen]

sorry about caps lock didn`t realise i had it on.

So you typed all that without looking at the screen?! Sorry, but that's not
a good enough excuse.

Oh, and when Cari says that make your posts very difficult to read, you are
still allowed to use them in the appropriate places, you know (at the
beginning of sentences and for the possessive pronoun, for example).

 

[Guest]

excuse me but what has it got to do with you, when i
apologise i dont expect some one else to stick their nose
in and make sarcastic comments so if you have nothing to
say what helps with my problem then i politely suggest
you SHUT THE F*** UP

 

[Tom]

So you typed all that without looking at the screen?! Sorry, but that's not
a good enough excuse.

Oh, and when Cari says that make your posts very difficult to read

That is "makes" (you know third person singular in the present tense, oh
grammar god?), and "post", since this person made a "post".

you are
still allowed to use them in the appropriate places, you know (at the
beginning of sentences and for the possessive pronoun, for example).

Use what? Oh, I get it, "them" means something to you, but "them" also means
it should be obvious to everyone else, simply because you stated it here, oh
grammar god, LOL!!

Why don't you learn what you preach before you attempt being the grim reaper
of English grammar.

 

[Guest]

am just a ignorant northerner who asked a question and
get a lesson in grammar (who ever she is) wish i had
never asked now LOL
nay mind al get me ard drive fixted sum ow!

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Did you look at the KB article on the Maxtor site that I sent you? It
clearly states you need to upgrade your motherboard BIOS.

So the next stop for your should be the website of your motherboard
manufacturer.

 

[Guest]

I think its actually a seagate hard drive

-----Original Message-----
Did you look at the KB article on the Maxtor site that I sent you? It
clearly states you need to upgrade your motherboard BIOS.

So the next stop for your should be the website of your motherboard
manufacturer.
--
Cari
MS-MVP Windows Technologies - Printing/Imaging/Hardware
www.coribright.com




.

 

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Then you go to the Seagate site and research the problem.

 

[ryeish]

I think its actually a seagate hard drive

Check the manufacturer of your PC for an updated bios - there was a
time when some PCs didn't recognize large hard drives. Failing that
you could see if the drive manufacturer has "overlay" software to
allow your system to see the whole drive.

If you haven't read the URL that Cari posted, do so.

 

[Guest]

So you typed all that without looking at the screen?! Sorry, but that's not
a good enough excuse.

Man what an anal ass!

They said they were sorry, you act like someone scratched up your car. What
a dolt!

 

[Wislu Plethora]

-----Original Message-----



So you typed all that without looking at the screen?! Sorry, but that's not
a good enough excuse.

Oh, and when Cari says that make your posts very difficult to read, you are
still allowed to use them in the appropriate places, you know (at the
beginning of sentences and for the possessive pronoun, for example).

There's nothing worse than an idiot who thinks he's smart.
"I" is a pronoun, but *not* a posessive pronoun.
Reference to oneself does not necessarily imply posession.