Windows XP does not recognise correct size of new hard drive

Posted: 12-02-2003, 03:19 AM

Tony

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I bought a new Western Digital 60 Gig hard drive but XP
only recognises it as 1.99 Gig. I reformatted it but this
didn't help. I disconnected the new drive and rebooted the
computer on the old drive. I then shut XP down and
reconected the new drive, rebooted and now XP has added an
extra new drive letter, I now have C drive, F, and G
drives, but only 2 drives in reality. Both F and G are
recognised as having only 1.99 gigs. What's happening? I
would be very grateful for some advice on this problem.
Thanks in advance for any assisstance.
Tony

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Alex Marshall

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Re: Windows XP does not recognise correct size of new hard drive

Posted: 12-02-2003, 03:26 AM

Is it formatted as FAT16 by any chance? That type of partition has a 2GB
limit. If this is the case you should repartition it as NTFS (recommended)
or FAT32.

"Tony" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I bought a new Western Digital 60 Gig hard drive but XP
> only recognises it as 1.99 Gig. I reformatted it but this
> didn't help. I disconnected the new drive and rebooted the
> computer on the old drive. I then shut XP down and
> reconected the new drive, rebooted and now XP has added an
> extra new drive letter, I now have C drive, F, and G
> drives, but only 2 drives in reality. Both F and G are
> recognised as having only 1.99 gigs. What's happening? I
> would be very grateful for some advice on this problem.
> Thanks in advance for any assisstance.
> Tony

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