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Wrong disk size reported by XP

Started by cheviot , Apr 21 2004 04:04 PM

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Posted 21 April 2004 - 04:04 PM

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Hi
I have just upgraded my PC to accomodate a new CPU, Mobo and Graphics board. Problem is that my secondary HD which was Drive F is now Drive D and being reported as 7.75 GB instead of 75 GB. I have tried repartitioning but it will not hold the partition information and when formatting comes back with format failed. It was fine until I upgraded. It is an IBM Deskstar about 2 years old and is recognised correctly by the BIOS. Any help appreciated.

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Posted 22 April 2004 - 11:47 PM

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Welcome Ian <_<

After the upgrade did you reinstall your operating system (Windows)?

If not, a repair installation should take of it. See this guide:
http://www.geekstogo...p?showtopic=138
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Posted 23 April 2004 - 03:01 AM

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Thank you for the assistance, I will give it a try.

Ian
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