Re: Wrong Capacity reading fo Hard drive????

From: tokyosky (tokyosky_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/27/04


Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 13:58:27 +0100


Enkidu wrote<br>

> On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 21:12:07 -0000, "The Daddy"
> <draper_tony@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>I have recently installed a 250Gb hard drive. My bios accepts it as 250Gb
>>but windows sees it as 128Gb.
>>
>>I have downloaded every microsoft update available but the problem is still
>>apparent.
>>
>
> You may need to install a utility from your HDD manufacturer.
>
> You say that you have downloaded all the updates, but do you have SP1
> or SP2 on? The manufacturer patches will need either of these I
> believe.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Cliff
You may also want to take a look at this article
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/1115/

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