wd 200 gb problem

[Bruce Banner]

I have a brand new WD Caviar 200gb hard drive that i picked up at the Cogan
Computer fair this past weekend . I installed on my PC & went to the bios &
it read 200 gb . I put in my Windows Xp Cd & booted up to start installing
windows xp. when i was getting ready to format i noticed that my hardrive
was not even close to what i saw in the bios. It read only 131 gb ...so mad
as all hell i rebooted again went to the bios .....it read 200gb.....went
foward with the xp installation ..again 131 gb....so i finished installing
Windows & got all the updates (service pack 2). Opened up my computer icon
check the harddrive space & it reads 126 gb. Can anybody tell me why i'm
not getting a full reading of my hardisk? My Dads 200 gb reads 189gb....so
his is ok.

 

[Parker]

Bruce,
Have you looked in computer management to see if the remaining space is
shown? Mine did the same thing and in computer management I could see the
rest of my drive. I had a slightly older version of XPpro(I was told) and
it would only see 132Gb max. Right click My Computer icon ans go to manage.
Then click on disk mangement.

 

[Bruce Banner]

Thanks a lot Parker....your help was surely appreciated. Thanks again.