new hard drive storage??

Phate321 · 04-20-2006, 06:10 AM

i just installed a new WD Cavier 160gb sata and windows only registers 127GB when it should have 160. does anybody know what i can do to gain my other storage?

fade2green514 · 04-20-2006, 06:21 AM

do you have Windows XP with service pack 2? i used to have the very same problem... that turned out to be the cause.
also could be the motherboard, but i doubt it.

Phate321 · 04-20-2006, 06:35 AM

ya, i have all the updates, and i am running an asus a8n sli premium motherboard. so i know its not that. i know other people have had similar problems, but i dont know what to do to fix it.

Xpire · 04-20-2006, 01:18 PM

Hmm just incase you havent checked this thread:
Hdd 101
section 4 in that thread.

i just bought a new hdd recently too. i wasnt running windows xp sp2, and it only read as 120gb . from memory i upgraded nearly everything. bios, windows, drivers, chipset drivers etc. then it all worked out good =)

computermaineack · 04-20-2006, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Phate321

i just installed a new WD Cavier 160gb sata and windows only registers 127GB when it should have 160. does anybody know what i can do to gain my other storage?

I had the exact same problem when I installed my 160gb drive. It's because the hard drive companies interpret 1gb to mean 1,000mb, when in fact, it is 1,024mb, as Windows reads it.

So, let's do the math.
160GB (Hard drive) = 160,000,000,000 bytes

160,000,000,000 / 1024 / 1024 / 1024 = 149.01GB

Now, why it only says 127gb on your computer is probably a driver error. Did you install the supplied driver properly, and reboot? If so, how about a reboot anyway? Try downloaded EVEREST Home Edition (free) and tell us how much it reads through everest.

04-20-2006, 06:10 AM	#1 (permalink)
Phate321 Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 126	new hard drive storage?? i just installed a new WD Cavier 160gb sata and windows only registers 127GB when it should have 160. does anybody know what i can do to gain my other storage?

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fade2green514 Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: buffalo ny Age: 19 Posts: 3,371	do you have Windows XP with service pack 2? i used to have the very same problem... that turned out to be the cause. also could be the motherboard, but i doubt it. __________________ Core 2 Duo e6300 (2.71ghz o/ced)(Q6600 soon!) Thermaltake Big Typhoon CPU cooler DFI Infinity 975X motherboard 7800gt 256mb + NV silencer (HD 4850 soon!) 2x2gb G.Skill ddr2-800 4-4-4-12 (2.1v) 2x80gb WD 8mb sata2 in RAID 0 system drive 1x250gb Seagate 7200.9 storage drive Windows Vista x64

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04-20-2006, 06:35 AM	#3 (permalink)
Phate321 Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 126	ya, i have all the updates, and i am running an asus a8n sli premium motherboard. so i know its not that. i know other people have had similar problems, but i dont know what to do to fix it.

04-20-2006, 01:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
Xpire Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Melbourne,Australia Age: 20 Posts: 177	Hmm just incase you havent checked this thread: Hdd 101 section 4 in that thread. i just bought a new hdd recently too. i wasnt running windows xp sp2, and it only read as 120gb . from memory i upgraded nearly everything. bios, windows, drivers, chipset drivers etc. then it all worked out good =)