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i got a 160gig hdd but its only showing 128 on the pc.

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Old 20 July 2004, 12:04 AM
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Default i got a 160gig hdd but its only showing 128 on the pc.

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got a 160gig samsung 7200rpm HDD from ALDI for £70 (good price).
Old 20 July 2004, 12:15 AM
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your motherboard probably needs a bios update to pick up the bigger drives...

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Old 20 July 2004, 12:26 AM
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and how do i do that?

i just know how to turn the ****** on!
Old 20 July 2004, 12:29 AM
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what os are you using?
remember in win 2k enabling biglba for drives over 137gb. (bout 128gb formatted i'd guess) just a reg entry i think.
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Yup - even on none Service pack XP you get this problem, install service packs or if on win2k do the registry entry as mentioned above.
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did you delete & recreate partitions?

Some times the come with a smaller partition installed for testing.
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