OT: Technical Assist Request

[Doc Brown]

I have a problem ... I have a HP A720N .. the HD says it is a 250GB the BOIS set-up says it is a 250GB HD ... but after formatting it ... I get 131,000 .... Looks more like a 160 than a 250 .... any ideas ...


M<ark...

I would have placed this in another area but ... you folks have always given me the most honest advice ... thanks in advance .

 

[GeoffS]

OS?

 

[Doc Brown]

Originally posted by: GeoffS
OS?

Opps

Windows XP Pro ...

 

[amdxborg]

Doc give this a try, worked for me. Don't worry if you've got a other hd brand, download and install, it only adds a key to the registry.

And here's something else.

 

[MechEng]

This could be relevant...

Seems amdxborg beat me to it, with what could be a solution, not just info... I for one have downloaded now

I'm expecting a 200GB drive one of the coming days.

 

[Freewolf]

How did you format it ?

 

[amdxborg]

lol Hope it works for you MechEng!

 

[MDE]

Try using a copy of XP with SP1 or 2 slipstreamed.

 

[Doc Brown]

Originally posted by: amdxborg
Doc give this a try, worked for me. Don't worry if you've got a other hd brand, download and install, it only adds a key to the registry.

And https://maxtor.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/max...php?p_faqid=960&&p_sid=j-TYG7jh&p_lva=">here's</a> something else.

This is a relatively NEW machine ... It came with a 200GB HD which crashed and got replaced with the 250 GB ... the bios says it is a 250 HD ....

But if you still thinks it will do the trick ... I will try ...

 

[Doc Brown]

Originally posted by: Freewolf
How did you format it ?

NTFS .... the only way .....

 

[Freewolf]

Then if you are using XP pro with SP2 it should work without a problem

 

[Doc Brown]

Originally posted by: Freewolf
Then if you are using XP pro with SP2 it should work without a problem

I have XP Pro on it and it still says 131 GB of hard Drive ..

I am at a loss

 

[Freewolf]

Did you go into Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Computer Management/Storage/Disk Management.
to format it?
And if so do you have more than one Partition on it?

 

[Doc Brown]

Originally posted by: Freewolf
Did you go into Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Computer Management/Storage/Disk Management.
to format it?
And if so do you have more than one Partition on it?

 

[Doc Brown]

Originally posted by: Freewolf
Did you go into Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Computer Management/Storage/Disk Management.
to format it?
And if so do you have more than one Partition on it?

I can not format it there ... it has the system on it ...

NO partitions on the HD ////

 

[Freewolf]

Originally posted by: Doc Brown

Originally posted by: Freewolf
Did you go into Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Computer Management/Storage/Disk Management.
to format it?
And if so do you have more than one Partition on it?

I can not format it there ... it has the system on it ...

NO partitions on the HD ////

So you formatted during the install of windows?
What info does Disk management tells you about the drive and partitions on it?

 

[Doc Brown]

Originally posted by: Freewolf

Originally posted by: Doc Brown

Originally posted by: Freewolf
Did you go into Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Computer Management/Storage/Disk Management.
to format it?
And if so do you have more than one Partition on it?

I can not format it there ... it has the system on it ...

NO partitions on the HD ////

So you formatted during the install of windows?
What info does Disk management tells you about the drive and partitions on it?

I went where you told me and there it was unallacoted space ... fixed it and combined it all and now the HD is 238 GB ... thanks James ...

Off Topic closed ....

 

[Freewolf]

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