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jBoRiCuA8
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_ 		15. September 2005 @ 03:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ok, i bought a 250 GB SATA Hard drive to build my comp. I installed it last week and everything went right except this. This is the problem. When i turn my computer on, the motherboard says it is a 250 GB but after the comp loads, I go into "my computer" and it shows the hard drive as 130 GB. Also when i was installing XP on it, it showed me i only had 130 GB left as well. This was a brand new computer i built and everything was brand new. My motherboard is a ASUS A8N-Sli and my hard drive is a hitachi 250 GB SATA. Thanks if you have any advice
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jBoRiCuA8
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_ 		15. September 2005 @ 17:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Anyone?
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peanuts2
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_ 		15. September 2005 @ 22:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It's probably the bios just reading that hard drive at that amount.Go to asus and update bios.
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Is it crap or is it memorex?
ddp
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_ 		16. September 2005 @ 15:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
do you have sp1 or 2 loaded if not than load them to see if rectify the problem. get the disk manager disk from hitachi
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sergiovv
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_ 		16. September 2005 @ 19:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i had a similar problem with an 80 gb hd recognized as a 31 gb hd it gave me a lot of headaches but finally i fixed with the "maxtor power tool" it checks you hard drives and then you just had to choose how many gigas do you want to use. like i had 31 gb then i just did choose that i want to use all the gigas in my case 80. the better thing its that the software is free. i saved like 60 dollars.
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jBoRiCuA8
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_ 		17. September 2005 @ 07:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hey, would it work for non-maxtor hard drives?

Thanks
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sergiovv
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_ 		17. September 2005 @ 08:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i just check the software and i think only maxtor hd...but you can look something with your hd brand.
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