R reddog66 New Member Mar 23, 2008 #1 i recently replaced my 3 gig hd with a 40 gig hd but my comp still says i only have a 3 gig where did i go wrong and how do i fix the problem
i recently replaced my 3 gig hd with a 40 gig hd but my comp still says i only have a 3 gig where did i go wrong and how do i fix the problem
porterjw Spaminator Staff member Mar 23, 2008 #2 It's still reading as 3 GB where exactly, BIOS? When you enter BIOS and look at the Hard Drive info, does it recognize the new Drive or show info for the old one?
It's still reading as 3 GB where exactly, BIOS? When you enter BIOS and look at the Hard Drive info, does it recognize the new Drive or show info for the old one?
R reddog66 New Member Mar 23, 2008 #5 i took out the old hard drive and insalled win 98 on the new one
StrangleHold Moderator Staff member Mar 23, 2008 #6 You either have a old board with a bios limit or you used a old outdated boot floppy to partition the drive.
You either have a old board with a bios limit or you used a old outdated boot floppy to partition the drive.
R reddog66 New Member Mar 23, 2008 #8 i put the same hard drive in another comp that had a 4 gig hard drive and said i had 4 gigs instead 40
i put the same hard drive in another comp that had a 4 gig hard drive and said i had 4 gigs instead 40
PunterCam Active Member Mar 23, 2008 #9 play with the jumpers, must be either that or broken if it's doing the same thing on two computers
S SirKenin banned Mar 24, 2008 #10 Do you have the BIOS set to auto detect for the drive? Or did you manually set the drive parameters?
