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  • Krome
    Confirmed User
    • Jul 2001
    • 2851
    #1

    10 gig drving reading as 500mb

    I have a 10 gig hard drive that is reading as 500mb...does anyone know what to do? I think this maybe the only time when the reply format c: is actually required.
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    • Amputate Your Head
      There can be only one
      • Aug 2001
      • 39075
      #2
      format c:
      SIG TOO BIG

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        • Amputate Your Head
          There can be only one
          • Aug 2001
          • 39075
          #3
          seriously Krome..... what's the story behind the story?
          what OS?

          most likely if you fdisk the thing and format, you should be fine.
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            • FlyingIguana
              aspiring banker
              • Mar 2002
              • 10870
              #4
              hard drives make good rifle targets

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                • Amputate Your Head
                  There can be only one
                  • Aug 2001
                  • 39075
                  #5
                  Originally posted by FlyingIguana
                  hard drives make good rifle targets
                  they can also be a good substitute for the Brick of Love in a pinch.
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                    • Krome
                      Confirmed User
                      • Jul 2001
                      • 2851
                      #6
                      It is a newish pc, I just installed win 2k and think that maybe the problem...I have never really used this pc then decided I would get it up and running. After installing 2k all seemed fine. Now..cant even increase my mpeg collection by anoth 250k!!

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                        • Amputate Your Head
                          There can be only one
                          • Aug 2001
                          • 39075
                          #7
                          did you use NTFS system or FAT32?
                          SIG TOO BIG

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                            • Krome
                              Confirmed User
                              • Jul 2001
                              • 2851
                              #8
                              I do not actually know..How could I find out?
                              (BTW - thanks for helping me)

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                                • yys
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Aug 2001
                                  • 1922
                                  #9
                                  do an fdisk and you'll see if you partitioned your hdd by mistake. I did this once and locked myself out of all but 2gigs of a 40gig drive.

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                                    • jimmyf
                                      OU812
                                      • Feb 2001
                                      • 12651
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by Amputate Your Head
                                      did you use NTFS system or FAT32?
                                      I bet $ 1.00 he did.....

                                      You don't want to use NTFS unless your using NT....
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                                        • Amputate Your Head
                                          There can be only one
                                          • Aug 2001
                                          • 39075
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by Krome
                                          I do not actually know..How could I find out?
                                          (BTW - thanks for helping me)
                                          during the setup process for 2K, it should've asked you if you wanted to use a FAT32 or NTFS file system..... I personally use NTFS on mine... it's what 2K was designed to use, but they had to make it compatible for upgraders too.... my guess is that's your problem right there.... you probly got a funky partition under a FAT32 system..... best bet, if you haven't put data on it yet, is to nuke the partition with fdisk, format, and reinstall 2K making sure to use NTFS.....
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                                            • Krome
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Jul 2001
                                              • 2851
                                              #12
                                              Thank you very much all of you for your help. I will try this in a few minutes and see whats happens. Thanks again.

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                                                • Amputate Your Head
                                                  There can be only one
                                                  • Aug 2001
                                                  • 39075
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by jimmyf


                                                  I bet $ 1.00 he did.....

                                                  You don't want to use NTFS unless your using NT....
                                                  2K is NT....
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                                                    • Krome
                                                      Confirmed User
                                                      • Jul 2001
                                                      • 2851
                                                      #14
                                                      Actually if it is a partition problem could I use partition magic to sort it out? I have a copy somewhere?

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                                                        • Amputate Your Head
                                                          There can be only one
                                                          • Aug 2001
                                                          • 39075
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by Krome
                                                          Actually if it is a partition problem could I use partition magic to sort it out? I have a copy somewhere?
                                                          yeah probly.... I've never used it so I couldn't say for sure, but I've heard you can fix almost anything with PM.....
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                                                            • Krome
                                                              Confirmed User
                                                              • Jul 2001
                                                              • 2851
                                                              #16
                                                              well I will have a bash tomorrow (well later today now) when I wake up.

                                                              Thanks again.

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                                                                • Amputate Your Head
                                                                  There can be only one
                                                                  • Aug 2001
                                                                  • 39075
                                                                  #17
                                                                  good luck with it Krome... if you need any extra help with it, don't hesitate....
                                                                  SIG TOO BIG

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                                                                    • [Dan]
                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                      • Oct 2001
                                                                      • 143
                                                                      #18
                                                                      If you're exactly limited to 528MB, go into your BIOS and enable LBA Mode for this drive (then you will be able to extend or create a new partition with the space remaining). Without LBA mode, your BIOS can't access more than 528MB of your hd...

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                                                                        • wannabeapornstar
                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                          • Mar 2002
                                                                          • 766
                                                                          #19
                                                                          check if its fat 32 and not fat
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                                                                            • pimpdog
                                                                              So Fucking Banned
                                                                              • May 2002
                                                                              • 400
                                                                              #20
                                                                              krome, i had the same issue, and this is what was wrong, I had win2k on the system with 2 partitions origianlly, and when i went into fdisk, it wouldnt let me delete the partitions with a 98 boot disk, since i was going to install 98se on the box, so, what i did was, go into win2k setup and when it asked me to create or delete partition i deleted everything and then formatted a large disk then installed 98se. the 1st time i did it, i got a 2 gig HD space available cause the rest of the disk was partitioned for ntfs, but after i did it with a 2k disk, then deleted everything, it gave me the full disk(10 gigs)

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