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01-31-2004, 09:24 PM
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URGENT HELP PLEASE!!!
Ok Guys, my dad is working on an old p3 700mhz. The hard drive went, so he went out to futureshop, they had a great deal on 80gb hd's, so we got one, we installed everything on it, Windows 98, but it shows as only having 13.3 gb??!?!?
We tried reformatting, made sure there were no partisions, but still, only 13.3gb, please help me because we need to get that other cpu working, thanks!!!!
this is frusterating because we know that the CPU works, jut that for some reason, an 80gb HDD shows up as 13.3gb 
thanks all!
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01-31-2004, 09:27 PM
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When you installed the new drive, did you go into the BIOS and make sure it recognized it? It sounds like you have it manually set from the old HDD. There should be an option of "Auto Detect" so that it will recognize the full size.
What brand/model mobo is it?
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01-31-2004, 09:35 PM
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How big was the old drive?
Do you have the latest bios?
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02-01-2004, 08:19 AM
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Oh, God, lol, i dont know what kind of MoBo, lol, its old, but it worked with a 40gb hdd, so i dnt know.
the hard drive is a Maxtor 80gb 7200 RPM
the old drive was a 20gb hard drive, so i dont really kno what to do, please help guys!
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02-01-2004, 09:34 AM
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Have you done what EvilRick suggested?
How is it being detected in the BIOS?
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02-01-2004, 09:36 AM
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ya check the bios and make sure it is set for auto like the evil one said .
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02-01-2004, 09:43 AM
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everything is auto in the bios, the thing is, is some3times it reads as 81gb in the bios, but when u start up windows, it still reads as 13.3, i have done what Evil said, but for some reason, it doesnt stay as 80gb
after it auto detects, should i reload 98 again?
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02-01-2004, 09:46 AM
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are you saving the bios when you leave it ? or exiting without saving ? if you are exiting without saving it might be saving the old info but reading it right when you look at it .
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02-01-2004, 10:35 AM
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yeah, i am saving it. but its weird because i kno its just one simple thing im doing wrong, but for some reason, me or my dad are having trouble with it, thanks, please keep tryin to help!
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