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Hard Drive Issue 2016-06-30 20:05:06 Post No. 55343417
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Hard Drive Issue Anonymous 2016-06-30 20:05:06 Post No. 55343417 [Report]

My friend was getting rid of an old laptop Hard Drive, I asked him if I could have it since the one in my old laptop was dying.

I installed it with Windows XP, but its only recognized by windows as a 130gb when it is a 320gb. The BIOS recognizes it as a 320gb.

The laptop is a Dell thats like 10 years old, I even ran their own diagnostics check and everything passed, except for 3 [of the 8] Hard Drive tests

>SMART status test
>SMART short self test
>SMART thresholds test

Not that it is much of a big deal, this HD is actually in better condition than the one I had in it to begin with.

Anyone have ideas on how to get windows to recognize the true size of the HD, or is the rest of it probably corrupt?

It's a western digital wd3200bekt-75pvmt1 320GB 7200 RPM

I tried to see if there were drivers for it I could update but to no avail, a lot of posts online said you need XP SP3 for windows to recognize "larger" HDs but that hasnt changed anything. Obviously most of these posts were old

Anonymous 2016-06-30 20:07:55 Post No.55343466
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Anonymous 2016-06-30 20:07:55 Post No.55343466 [Report]

Install Gentoo

Anonymous 2016-06-30 20:09:23 Post No.55343490
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Anonymous 2016-06-30 20:09:23 Post No.55343490 [Report]

>>55343417

you need to upgrade from windows 98..

Anonymous 2016-06-30 20:13:37 Post No.55343549
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Anonymous 2016-06-30 20:13:37 Post No.55343549 [Report]

not your personal support

Anonymous 2016-06-30 20:14:46 Post No.55343566
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Anonymous 2016-06-30 20:14:46 Post No.55343566 [Report]

>>55343490
I just said I had XP

And I have no reason to upgrade and old laptop I almost never use. I just want to have it in working condition in case I need it for something. Which its in except for the HD only being 130 vs 320.

Anonymous 2016-06-30 20:17:05 Post No.55343605
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Anonymous 2016-06-30 20:17:05 Post No.55343605 [Report]

It sounds like the harddrive is partitioned with only an 130 GB partition. Google how "How to partition harddrive Windows XP"

Anonymous 2016-06-30 20:20:18 Post No.55343664
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Anonymous 2016-06-30 20:20:18 Post No.55343664 [Report]

>>55343605
I believe my friend had Windows 7 installed on it, didnt format it or anything.

When I installed and and booted of a XP CD to install I deleted all partitions, but they were still only adding up to the 130gb size.

Is it possible the Windows 7 partition is still on it, but hidden somehow?

Anonymous 2016-06-30 20:21:53 Post No.55343692
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Anonymous 2016-06-30 20:21:53 Post No.55343692 [Report]

>>55343566

ok its a laptop
that means there is a hidden parition on the hard drive. this is your SYSTEM REPAIR image. most laptops come with this recovery partition, it is a image of the hard drive as it left the factory. to restore the laptop to factory fresh.

most likely this is the cause of your issue. you wont see the partition using windows explorer. its hidden for a reason.

you need a partition editor/viewer to see it

Anonymous 2016-06-30 20:31:11 Post No.55343856
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Anonymous 2016-06-30 20:31:11 Post No.55343856 [Report]

>>55343692
>>55343605
Damn guys thanks, I went into Computer Management and yeah I can see the unallocated 170gb