drive properties says 232 gigs, but it's only a 40 gig drive

[gorcorps]

So when I look at the properties of my C drive in my computer, it tells me there's 220gigs free out of a 232gig drive. It's a 40gig drive, so what in God's name is windows up to now? Restart didn't help, neither did disc cleanup. I can try a defrag but that's about it.

 

[montag451]

Can you post a pic of the pie chart in explorer, and check what it says in disk management.

Also, can you post the model no of your hdd.

 

[ForumMaster]

try disconnnecting the drive and reconnecting it while making sure that the connection is firm. then, go into BIOS and tell us what you see.

 

[Cutthroat]

LOL, made me laugh, usually people ask the opposite question. I want to see those pics too.

 

[redbeard1]

I have seen that a few times. In two cases the drive was failing somehow and were replaced. In another I had to wipe the drive on another system, becasue something in the original systems bios was suddenly not reading the drive right.

 

[gorcorps]

I put in a different IDE cable and all is well. I guess something was wrong with the other one... oh well. Thanks all