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    New system build, 750gb hard drive but only 120 available????

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by jaboyle, Jun 10, 2009.

  1. jaboyle

    jaboyle Notebook Geek

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    New computer and has a Hitachi hard drive with it. Its total size is 750gb. I installed xp on the fresh bios, and it said only a total of 120gb was available, yet even the hard drive read on the label 750gb?

    do i need to format it or something? its really frustrating me :S !

    kind regards !
     
    jaboyle, Jun 10, 2009
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  2. Darth Bane

    Darth Bane Dark Lord of the Sith

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    I believe this was a common issue with non-patched xp. You need to update it to at lest sp1 or sp2 (sp3 is the newest).
     
    Darth Bane, Jun 10, 2009
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  3. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    What notebook model do you have? Many of them will not be able to support more than 120gb drive, regardless of OS level.

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Jun 11, 2009
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