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2008-08-07, 13:07
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Why does a 61 Gig HD only show 1.99 Gigs
I just picked up a spare hd at a garage sale. The lable says it's a 61 Gig HD, but it only shows 1.99 Gigs when I hook it it up. Plus it has Win98 SE installed on it.
How do I get this thing back to the full 61 gigs? I tried a google search but didn't find what I needed on this.
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2008-08-07, 13:21
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Re: Why does a 61 Gig HD only show 1.99 Gigs
What OS are you in?
If you're in XP, it's easy, go to Start Menu>Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Click Computer Managment.
On the left hand side, look for Disk Managment, click that then your screen will look like
http://www.perimeterless.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/diskmanagmnet.png
This, click the new hard drive, right click-Delete Partition.
After a few seconds, it should show a different color, then right click>New Partition, set it up as NTFS and do a quick format.
Done, usable 60gb.
You had to delete partition, make a new one and then format. |
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2008-08-07, 23:09
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Re: Why does a 61 Gig HD only show 1.99 Gigs
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Originally Posted by kirvt
What OS are you in?
If you're in XP, it's easy, go to Start Menu>Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Click Computer Managment.
On the left hand side, look for Disk Managment, click that then your screen will look like
http://www.perimeterless.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/diskmanagmnet.png
This, click the new hard drive, right click-Delete Partition.
After a few seconds, it should show a different color, then right click>New Partition, set it up as NTFS and do a quick format.
Done, usable 60gb.
You had to delete partition, make a new one and then format. |
Thanks for the 411 kirvt. I'd actually already figured it out earlier, but I had to drive my roommate to the airport and couldn't get back on till now.
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# 4
2008-08-07, 23:42
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Re: Why does a 61 Gig HD only show 1.99 Gigs
Your welcome <3
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# 5
2008-08-08, 03:45
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JAGER BOMBS!!
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Re: Why does a 61 Gig HD only show 1.99 Gigs
i think Win98 can't handle Hard Drives larger than 2 gigs... right?
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# 6
2008-08-08, 04:10
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Re: Why does a 61 Gig HD only show 1.99 Gigs
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Originally Posted by jägermeister
i think Win98 can't handle Hard Drives larger than 2 gigs... right?
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The FAT16 file system can only support max volume size of 2GB. Win98 runs on FAT32.
For a start, format the drive and see whether or not you have more space.
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# 7
2008-08-08, 18:46
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NJ lookin at NYC
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Re: Why does a 61 Gig HD only show 1.99 Gigs
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Originally Posted by soul flayer
The FAT16 file system can only support max volume size of 2GB....
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don't you mean ... max " file size"
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2008-08-08, 19:35
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Re: Why does a 61 Gig HD only show 1.99 Gigs
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Originally Posted by Hung Like Christ
don't you mean ... max " file size"
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That's Fat 32.
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# 9
2008-08-09, 03:12
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Re: Why does a 61 Gig HD only show 1.99 Gigs
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hung Like Christ
don't you mean ... max " file size"
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No, I mean volume size. Look it up.
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