Allocate my unallocated space

2008-08-26 15:53:22

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Mutantbear: Semi Constructive Criticism; +1,431|6232|London, England

I am in dire need of HD space and looking at it I realize I had a total of 127 gb in a 160 gb drive, which doesnt make sense. thanks to haffey I now know I have 21.06 gb of unallocated space on my drive. I need it, someone help

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Last edited by Mutantsteak (2008-08-26 15:57:07)

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2008-08-26 15:55:54

#2

Mutantbear: Semi Constructive Criticism; +1,431|6232|London, England

jamiet757 wrote:
When a drive says it has 160gb, that means in physical sectors. When a computer sees it, the size is smaller. I can't remember the exact details of why, but I know that a 160GB drive will only be aroun 130 in actuality, so you are right on track. Sorry you can't get any more out of it.

Its actually 149.05 gb

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2008-08-26 15:56:31

#3

jamiet757: Member; +138|6890

Mutantsteak wrote:
jamiet757 wrote:
When a drive says it has 160gb, that means in physical sectors. When a computer sees it, the size is smaller. I can't remember the exact details of why, but I know that a 160GB drive will only be aroun 130 in actuality, so you are right on track. Sorry you can't get any more out of it.
Its actually 149.05 gb

Realized my mistake, sorry, what version of windows are you using?

2008-08-26 15:56:54

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Mutantbear: Semi Constructive Criticism; +1,431|6232|London, England

jamiet757 wrote:
Mutantsteak wrote:
jamiet757 wrote:
When a drive says it has 160gb, that means in physical sectors. When a computer sees it, the size is smaller. I can't remember the exact details of why, but I know that a 160GB drive will only be aroun 130 in actuality, so you are right on track. Sorry you can't get any more out of it.
Its actually 149.05 gb
Realized my mistake, sorry, what version of windows are you using?

xp 32bit

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2008-08-26 15:57:36

#5

jamiet757: Member; +138|6890

What SP?

Did you try right clicking on the C: drive and clicking extend?

Last edited by jamiet757 (2008-08-26 15:58:34)

2008-08-26 15:58:39

#6

Mutantbear: Semi Constructive Criticism; +1,431|6232|London, England

jamiet757 wrote:
What SP?

99% sure its sp 2

Last edited by Mutantsteak (2008-08-26 15:59:07)

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2008-08-26 16:02:40

#7

VicktorVauhn: Member; +319|6660|Southern California

XP doesn't support hard drives over 127gig out the box, there is a fix for it...
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/23651 … rive-127gb

2008-08-26 16:03:18

#8

Morpheus: This shit still going?; +508|6267|The Mitten

You'll need to download a partition software. Microsoft didn't start packaging one until Vista.

Try Partition Magic.

EE (hats

2008-08-26 16:03:36

#9

jamiet757: Member; +138|6890

Try this:

http://www.48bitlba.com/enablebiglbatool.htm

2008-08-26 16:04:22

#10

Morpheus: This shit still going?; +508|6267|The Mitten

VicktorVauhn wrote:
XP doesn't support hard drives over 127gig out the box, there is a fix for it...
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/23651 … rive-127gb

Um..... huh? It installs fine on my 250GB drives.....

Or do you mean pre-built computers?

EE (hats

2008-08-26 16:06:40

#11

Brasso: member; +1,549|6898

forget it, i fixed it for him

it's as easy as....selecting the right program under the acronis disk director suite 10 keygen.

Last edited by haffeysucks (2008-08-26 16:07:03)

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2008-08-26 16:13:30

#12

VicktorVauhn: Member; +319|6660|Southern California

Morpheus wrote:
VicktorVauhn wrote:
XP doesn't support hard drives over 127gig out the box, there is a fix for it...
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/23651 … rive-127gb
Um..... huh? It installs fine on my 250GB drives.....

Or do you mean pre-built computers?

Search Windows XP 127gb and you will find pages of people it doesn't work for... I don't remember specifics as I dealt with it a good while ago.

I think it may be an issue with SP0 install disk, when it installs the max it will format your HD to is 127gb.
I was thinking it applied to SP2 also, but I just remembered that when I build my computer I used my dads XP disk... then I ended up getting my own copy that was SP2.

2008-08-26 16:14:52

#13

Mutantbear: Semi Constructive Criticism; +1,431|6232|London, England

Anyway... I am fixed.

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2008-08-26 16:18:42

#14

Morpheus: This shit still going?; +508|6267|The Mitten

VicktorVauhn wrote:
Morpheus wrote:
VicktorVauhn wrote:
XP doesn't support hard drives over 127gig out the box, there is a fix for it...
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/23651 … rive-127gb
Um..... huh? It installs fine on my 250GB drives.....

Or do you mean pre-built computers?
Search Windows XP 127gb and you will find pages of people it doesn't work for... I don't remember specifics as I dealt with it a good while ago.

I think it may be an issue with SP0 install disk, when it installs the max it will format your HD to is 127gb.
I was thinking it applied to SP2 also, but I just remembered that when I build my computer I used my dads XP disk... then I ended up getting my own copy that was SP2.

Ah, ok. SP0 makes sense, I've only used SP2.

EE (hats

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