Windows shows the wrong hard drive capacity

[Guest]

Hi I purchased a 180gb hd and windows displays it as a 150 only, I know that
there is a way to get the computer to recoginize the other 30 gigs. I forgot
how though. Please point me in the right direction
I am running windows xp home
thanks in advance

 

[Bob Headrick]

Hi I purchased a 180gb hd and windows displays it as a 150 only, I know that
there is a way to get the computer to recoginize the other 30 gigs. I forgot
how though. Please point me in the right direction
I am running windows xp home

I do not know about a 150Gb limit. There is a limit at 137Gb as well as number
of lower limits. See
http://www.dewassoc.com/kbase/hard_drives/hard_drive_size_barriers.htm for
limits and workarounds.

Regards,
Bob Headrick

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Nathan

Has the drive been partitioned?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[Shenan Stanley]

Hi I purchased a 180gb hd and windows displays it as a 150 only, I
know that there is a way to get the computer to recoginize the
other 30 gigs. I forgot how though. Please point me in the right
direction
I am running windows xp home

Advertised --- Actual Capacity
10GB --- 9.31 GB
20GB --- 18.63 GB
30GB --- 27.94 GB
40GB --- 37.25 GB
60GB --- 55.88 GB
80GB --- 74.51 GB
100GB --- 93.13 GB
120GB --- 111.76 GB
160GB --- 149.01 GB
180GB --- 167.64 GB
200GB --- 186.26 GB
250GB --- 232.83 GB

Now - you should get more than 150GB.. How is it partitioned?