I have a 250 gig hard drive installed on my computer, but it shows only 150 gigs of space. how do I fix.?
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It´s weird, WinXP runs on NTFS, the filesystem of Win2000, same as in WinNT. In this case, maybe I can´t help a lot, you should be in contact with your dealer.\n\nWARNING: The following procedure will delete all your drive´s data, so you must back it up before beginning.\n\n If you´re running Win ME or below, there could be a chance to unlock the "unseen" setion of your drive. You must run MSDOS (not over windows), and use the command: "fdisk", then delete all partitions and create two same size new partitions. One of them should be a primary and the 2nd should be a logical drive.\n\nadvantages: it´s free, it´s simple.\n\n It could be easier with a program called "partition manager", it can split or join drive partioions and even help you install two dfferent OS´s on the same hdd. \n\nadvantages: it´s a lot friendly and easier, it has a wizard, can keep your data safe.\n\n Hope I can help.
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This is quite a common problem and is more than likely due to the PC's Motherboard BIOS not being able to recognise the complete number of cylinders/sectors etc on the hard disk, a bit like somebody being able to count up to a hundred and not knowning what number comes next hence the BIOS only recognises up to 127GB. \n\nOptions:\n1 . Upgrade/Flash your Motherboards BIOS with the latest version so it recognises the full capacity.\n\n2. Put the hard disk ito a PC that will recognise it and partition/format the drive there, then your OS should see the hard disk ok with the 200GB capacity.\n\nI actually had this problem myself and could not find an upgrade for my motherboard as it was so old. I put the hard disk in my other PC which recognised the hard disk and did the partitioning/formatting on there and then transfered it back to the other PC and the OS could then see the full capacity of the disk....job done :)\n\nHope this helps.\n\nCheers!
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if you want disk space, you need a larger hard drive... memory is not space.
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You will run out of room in about 2 years. Get a 120G or higher now. \n\nI have over 2500 MP3's and tons of programs on my 120G, and it's just over half full.\n\nDon't forget to make frequent backup's of all your stuff. Hard drives do crash. \n\nI've created a folder just for stuff I want to keep. Every month my stuff (Outlook info, address book, etc.) gets backed-up to this folder. Every six months I burn this folder to several DVD-RW's. I use RW's so I can rotate them.
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It sounds like you need to do some serious housecleaning.  Is your hard drive completely full?  If so, delete some files to make sure you have at least ~15-20% free space.  Also, defragmentation helps.  Check for visues and spyware - they can eat up critical system resources as well.\n\nIt also may be time to back up your files and reformat your hard drive and re-install Windows.  You need to do that about once a year if you use your computer a lot.  Windows constantly accumulates problems that never really go away - sooner or later they catch up with you.
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Just open "My Computer" and check under free space.  \n\nIf "Free Space" does not appear right click on the top bar it will have the following columns "Name" and "Type" at least and select "free Space" from their to have it show up.
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I would assume you got that on ebay from hong kong...they compress the drive to make it hold more and when you format it you take it back to its orriginal/correct size....you got screwed! I have not figuered out how to make it take 2 gigs again....I run a computer shop and I just had a customer with the same problem.\n\n-Doc-
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The system has to take up some room. I think it doesn't count the drive space used by the system programs and libraries. The amount it gives you is the amount you're free to work with. Plus, you probably won't be using all of that up anytime soon anyway.
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you need enough memory. check your drive under my computer
244561
Space on hard drives is not memory, it is physically on a platter. You might have another partition that you don't know about, can't see. Try a partition managment software (look on download.com to find some free downloads.) If not, I would reformat the drive.
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I ran into a similar problem and deleted the program, then in browsing the owners manual I found an article about expanding a "Fat file" or "Partician". I haven't tried it yet, but it seems that windows doesn't use the entire hard-drive. And you can get more space to use by figuering out how to use these tools. Hope that helps, I've had to put my favorite computer in the shop after messing with something that didn't work as it was supposed to. (Windows reload) from supplied discs.\nSomething else you might try......See if you can add memory chips. Office depot carries them.
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Unfortunatly Windows xp cant see any thing more then around 137 to 143 gigs per drive It has something to do with the way windows formats the drives. I know this for experiance I would love it if there was a way i could do that with my 250 gig drive but NTFS formating and Fat32 prevent it from happening.
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There are different ways you could do that.  I would recommend going to Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Cleanup.  It will take a second, then let you know what stuff you can get rid of.  Make sure Temporary Internet Files and Temporary Files are selected.  Then ok.  It will delete those files and also free up disk space.
403316
The change I would make is to upgrade the hard drive. You can get 160 gig hard drives for $75 or less. You can never have too much hard drive space.
1008457
Reformatting the drive will get rid of all the garbage in your system.  You have the remnants of files that have been deleted, a pile of junk in your Windows temp file plus a load of other junk floting around.\n\nRather than formatting your drive, download Window Washer from Limewire,com - this will clean all the sheit off the drive and make the maximum amount space available to you.
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agreed, you likely have formatted it using FAT file system.\n\nif you have xp you should 'convert' your hard drive to NTFS.
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Check how much storage space you have