Hd not reading correct size - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Smackre · 08-11-2004, 03:41 PM

Friend of mine complaining to me that hes old computer dont have enough HD space....so i bring a HD to add to it....and i open hes case and see hes GD is a 8gb HD but the computer is saying its a 2 GB....Then i check bios and see its showing it 8 GB.......is there something that can do wrong in windows to make it show up as 2GB instread of 8? i dont realy wanna change the HD cuz there is alot of shit and stuff he has to keep.......

docbungle · 08-11-2004, 04:53 PM

Some hds have a jumper setting to limit available space...?

Bamrak · 08-11-2004, 05:33 PM

The file system on it is FAT16. This limits the volume size to to GB. Change the filesystem to FAT32 or NTFS if you are using xp.

Latch · 08-11-2004, 05:36 PM

Also, if he only has created a 2 gig partition.... (which is FAT16).. he has 6 gig of unallocated space going to waste.

Smackre · 08-11-2004, 07:22 PM

kk i figured it out...i got partition magic and fixed him all up....thanks for the advise guys

08-11-2004, 03:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
Smackre Addict	Hd not reading correct size Friend of mine complaining to me that hes old computer dont have enough HD space....so i bring a HD to add to it....and i open hes case and see hes GD is a 8gb HD but the computer is saying its a 2 GB....Then i check bios and see its showing it 8 GB.......is there something that can do wrong in windows to make it show up as 2GB instread of 8? i dont realy wanna change the HD cuz there is alot of shit and stuff he has to keep....... __________________ Intel® Pentium® M Processor 730 (1.60 GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB) 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen XGA+ Display 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz 2 Dimm 256MB NVIDA® GeForce™ Go 6800

08-11-2004, 04:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
docbungle It's all downhill from here Location: Denver	Some hds have a jumper setting to limit available space...? __________________ Bad Luck City

08-11-2004, 07:22 PM	#5 (permalink)
Smackre Addict	kk i figured it out...i got partition magic and fixed him all up....thanks for the advise guys __________________ Intel® Pentium® M Processor 730 (1.60 GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB) 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen XGA+ Display 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz 2 Dimm 256MB NVIDA® GeForce™ Go 6800

08-11-2004, 05:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
Bamrak Enter Title Here Location: Tennessee	The file system on it is FAT16. This limits the volume size to to GB. Change the filesystem to FAT32 or NTFS if you are using xp.

08-11-2004, 05:36 PM	#4 (permalink)
Latch In Your Dreams Location: City of Lights	Also, if he only has created a 2 gig partition.... (which is FAT16).. he has 6 gig of unallocated space going to waste.