Hardware

Ask something
Question Locked

Hard drive limited to 137gb

0 helpful
5 replies

by wkmccarty1

Closed to new repliesThis discussion is closed. It stays readable, but it takes no new replies.
I am running Windows XP SP3 and I am unable to get a new Seagate sata 750 gb drive to show over 137 gb. It shows up in the bios as 750gb. I have tried several things but doesn't change. Anyone have any suggestions. Any help would be appreciated.

5 replies

by Former member

What you need to do is right click on the drive and select format change it to "NTFS". When done your drive should show up as 698gb, drives do not show up as the full working amount (IE: 750gb) indicated on the box, they always show up smaller, but not as small as yours.

Please post back if you have any more problems or questions.

by Former member

In the bios. So i do not think it would be the bios. It might be in a different format like Fat.

Please post back if you have any more problems or questions.

by older mycroft

You managed to point out the bleeding obvious before I could remove it. :)

Back to the drudge.

This discussion is closed to new replies.