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O.P. Lardo Harddrive
I just bought a new hardrive with a 160GB compacity with an 8mb Buffer rate. I currently have windows 98 SE on it, but it only recognizes about 8GB of it How might I make it recognize all of it. Thanks.
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RE: Lardo Harddrive
Get a decent OS like windows XP and format it with NTFS.
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RE: Lardo Harddrive
no it doesnt...
theres only one other way, make about 20 fat32 partitons.
And, if your monitor needs 640x480 resolution, you REALLY need to get a better computer. Now.
This post was edited on 07-31-2005 at 03:55 AM by ShawnZ.
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O.P. RE: Lardo Harddrive
no the computer is fine just need a new moniter thats all ...and ya windows xp does require atleast 800x600 screen resolution...thats what it says on the box...anyways you are getting off topic...i need to know how to get it to use the maximum compacity of the HDD
This post was edited on 07-31-2005 at 04:05 AM by [MR].
If your monitor is that old is it safe to assume your whole computer is also reasonably well-loved (5 years old)? It may not be your OS but rather the limitations of your motherboard, especially as you mentioned it only recognised 8gb. If this is the case even partitioning won't do anything.
Read about it here.
Try updating your bios, the manufacturer may have provided an update to remove this barrier.
This post was edited on 07-31-2005 at 04:19 AM by multimillion2k.
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O.P. RE: Lardo Harddrive
no its not a well loved computer...if u had read the thread "computer Heaven in the Trash" you would have known where the computer came from...but ill tell u that i came from someone's trash and its just a computer that ive wanted, b/c it would be in my room unlike this computer which is in the living room so thats the onl reason i really wanted it. im just trying to upgrade it with new parts and stuff instead of buying a whole new one b/c i dont make that much mowing grass and im too young for a job...if i had a job i would get a mac or somthing else real good in a heartbeat...im just mainly expirementing on 'em so i can learn even more to what i know
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