Re: Missing Space on Hard Drive. Please Help!!

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It sounds like your computer's BIOS did not automatically recognise the new
hard drive and is still set with the parameters for the old hard drive. If
you change this now you will probably lose all the data currently on the
hard drive. If you have added data to the drive since you installed it then
use TI to create an image of the current setup. Once you have an image boot
into the BIOS and tell it to auto find the new drive parameters. Different
BIOS's do this differently so you'll need your manual or you'll have to
figure it out on your own. Once the BIOS correctly recognises the drive
restore the image using TI's option to manually set the new size and set it
to use all the drive. If you haven't added any new data then you could just
alter the BIOS settings and restore your original image, again telling TI to
use all the drive.

--
Kerry
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

saraswat40@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi,

This is a Hitachi drive so I think you are referring to the 'Drive
Fitness Test' software. Unfortunately this one also recognizes the
drive as only 60GB.

Thanks



Jonny wrote:
<saraswat40@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1150681418.296119.190450@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,

I had a 60GB disk with ~20MB of data on it. I created a backup of
this disk using Acronis TrueImage. Then I restored the backup on a
100GB disk. The problem is that Compure Management/Disk Management
now show the drive to be only 60GB. There is no unallocated
partition of 40GB anywhere. Partition Magic and BIOS also show the
disk to be only 60GB. Is there something I can do to get back my
40GB?

Thanks


Bios shows the 100GB hard drive as 60GB. What does the boot
software from the hard drive manufacturer indicate as the
make/model, thus capacity, of that hard drive?
--
Jonny


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