please somebody help me am gonna cry i cant even copy me cd's :'( i have an 8gb hd in my computer which has bin fine since i bought the system but now all of a sudden its 1.99gb :-o how can i fix dis problem peeps?

ne help would be greatly appreciated cheers

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r u using win2k?

Would this harddrive happen to be a Seagate Model ST38641A?

Just boot up dos run fdisk by typing fdisk or fdisc at the command prompt and extend the partition, or use software such as partition magic and extend the partition.

I think there needs to be like a sticky on this subject LOL! It gets asked about once every two days!! Or maybe people can use the search function

It's one thing if it's a new harddrive that simply wasn't partitioned correctly from the beginning. But when a drive suddenly goes from 8gig to 2gig then something else is usually wrong that Fdisk may not be able to fix.

The reason that I ask if it's a Seagate ST38641A is because I have not one but two of them that each contain a defective controller board. The drives were attached to a motherboard that malfunctioned. Both drives are stuck in >2gig limit mode and only new circuit boards can fix them. Fdisk or partition magic doesn't help since they only see the drive as 2gigs total.

i heard that flashing your bios would fix the problem
as a m8 of mine had the same problem don't how he got on,
thing is they want money for the upgrade
someone correct me if im wrong

would it fix the problem if i purchased a new hd?

wow am going :hdspin:

make sure u are not using fat 16 and upgraded to latest bios for motherboard

Woah just run fdsisk, I had the drive Qwerty mentioned and fdisk sorted it.
Cant be certain its the exact same drive but it was a seagate with a similar serial number if not the one. It happened when I went from win 95 to win 98 It was a 10 Gig drive showing as 1.99G (fresh intall after a format) Just fdisk and resize. And as godfather mentioned make sure its on Fat 32

My old computer did that, it kept changing it's mind about how big the hard drive was. I think you're meant to do a scandisk on it but I never did because it took ages.

:furious: this is annoying now i did d f disk fing n it didnt work so av installd everythin gen and am gonna d,load partition magic what do i do with this?

cheers ppl's
MC_HAMMER

this is what it said on dat partition magic thing.
:confused: :confused:

PowerQuest PartitionInfo 7.0 -- Windows 95/98/Me Version
Date Generated: 03/16/02 15:01:44
Copyright (c)1994-2001, PowerQuest Corporation
Permission is granted for this utility to be freely copied so long
as it is not modified in any way. All other rights are reserved.

PowerQuest, makers of PartitionMagic(r), Drive Image(tm), and DriveCopy(tm), can be reached at:
Voice: 801-437-8900
Fax: 801-226-8941
Web site: http://support.powerquest.com/support.html
E-mail: magic@powerquest.com

General System Information:
Total Physical Memory (bytes): 65,421,312
Used Physical Memory: (bytes): 59,850,752
Maximum Page File Size: (bytes): 1,424,818,176
Current Page File Size: (bytes): 41,492,480



================================================== ================================================== =======
Disk Geometry Information for Disk 1: 1091 Cylinders, 240 Heads, 63 Sectors/Track
System PartSect # Boot BCyl Head Sect FS ECyl Head Sect StartSect NumSects
================================================== ================================================== =======
0 0 80 0 1 1 0C 277 74 63 63 4,192,902
Info: Begin C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Actual values are:
0 0 80 0 1 1 0C 277 74 63 63 4192902
Error #108: Partition didn't end on cylinder boundary.
ucEndHead expected to be 239, not 74.



================================================== ================================================== =======
Partition Information for Disk 1: 8,054.6 Megabytes
Volume PartType Status Size MB PartSect # StartSect TotalSects UsedSects FreeSects
================================================== ================================================== =======
C: FAT32X Pri,Boot 2,047.3 0 0 63 4,192,902 4,192,902 0
Unallocated Pri 6,002.2 None -- 4,203,360 12,292,560 0 12,292,560


================================================== ================================================== =======
Boot Record for drive C: (Drive: 1, Starting sector: 63, Type: FAT32)
================================================== ================================================== =======
1. Jump: EB 58 90
2. OEM Name: MSWIN4.1
3. Bytes per Sector: 512
4. Sectors per Cluster: 8
5. Reserved Sectors: 51
6. Number of FAT's: 2
7. Reserved: 0x0000
8. Reserved: 0x0000
9. Media Descriptor: 0xF8
10. Sectors per FAT: 0
11. Sectors per Track: 63 (0x3F)
12. Number of Heads: 240 (0xF0)
13. Hidden Sectors: 63 (0x3F)
14. Big Total Sectors: 4192902 (0x3FFA86)
15. Big Sectors per FAT: 4095
16. Extended Flags: 0x0000
17. FS Version: 0
18. First Cluster of Root: 2 (0x2)
19. FS Info Sector: 1
20. Backup Boot Sector: 6
21. Reserved: 000000000000000000000000
22. Drive ID: 0x80
23. Reserved for NT: 0x00
24. Extended Boot Sig: 0x29
25. Serial Number: 0x356D13F0
26. Volume Name:
27. File System Type: FAT32
28. Boot Signature: 0xAA55

Originally posted by MC_HAMMER
Partition Information for Disk 1: 8,054.6 Megabytes
Volume PartType Status Size MB PartSect # StartSect TotalSects UsedSects FreeSects
================================================== ================================================== =======
C: FAT32X Pri,Boot 2,047.3 0 0 63 4,192,902 4,192,902 0
Unallocated Pri 6,002.2 None -- 4,203,360 12,292,560 0 12,292,560



There's your answer, you have an 8Gb drive, 6Gb of which is unallocated.

Run Partition Magic again, create a partition for the unallocated space and format it. You can then leave it as another partition (eg D:drive) or merge it with your C: drive to have one 8Gb partition.

awww cheers matye i fink u av helpd ,me out alot :D

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