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not recognising correct size of hdd

dave c
By dave c ยท 4 replies
Jun 21, 2005
  1. i'm trying to fit a 160 gig hdd to my pc to replace the 12 gig which is partitioned 8 and 4 but the new hdd is being seen by the pc as an 8 gig can anybody advise me thanks dave. :blush:
     
    Jun 21, 2005
    #1
  2. Nodsu

    Nodsu TS Rookie Posts: 5,837   +6

    What did you do?
    What says that your new drive is 8GB?
     
    Jun 21, 2005
    #2
  3. IronDuke

    IronDuke TS Rookie Posts: 856

    What motherboard are you using?

    We're using narrow bandwidth crystal ball on this site.
     
    Jun 21, 2005
    #3
  4. dave c

    dave c TS Rookie Topic Starter

    the hdd is a samsung sp1614n 160 gig. board is an ali aladdin v agpset ga-5ax
     
    Jun 21, 2005
    #4
  5. IronDuke

    IronDuke TS Rookie Posts: 856

    The board does support it. The latest driver is here. , but this won't read the full size either.
     
    Jun 22, 2005
    #5
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