hi, i have got it to register as a 20 gig now, i cant remember what i done, but i know that in the bios settings it auto detects the size of hd.
thanks all who replied. mark k ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Woodall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 9:07 PM Subject: Re: off topic > i trust that you went to the bios and told it that you had a bigger hard > disk.? Was your old one a 2 gig? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mark krawczuk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 10:03 PM > Subject: Re: off topic > > > > hi, its a 466 celeron, board was made in 1996. > > i suppose i should have mentioned before that i had a 20 gig on it before, > > and just replaced it with a newer one. and now its only reading 2 gig or > > so. > > > > > > mark k > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Paul Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 9:04 PM > > Subject: Re: off topic > > > > > > > First backup all your data!! > > > > > > But sounds like you got an old motherboard... find out the make of the > > hard > > > drive, and download a drive overlay (made by the manufacturer) which > loads > > > at bootup... I've been running one on my 20Gig for a year or two > without > > a > > > problem, I even left it on there when I got a new motherboard and it > still > > > runs happily. > > > > > > As always take care when tampering with stuff like this... always read > up > > > first, especially with BIOS updates! > > > > > > > > > From: Paul Stanley > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: james wade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 7:49 PM > > > Subject: RE: off topic > > > > > > > > > > You have a bios problem. I am guessing your computer is a few years > old > > > > at least? > > > > > > > > You can either partition your drive (which might not even work) into > 10 > > > > 2gig portions, but this is time consuming and a pain in the ass. Take > > > > your computer to your computer shop and ask them if they can install > the > > > > latest bios for your computer. > > > > > > > > -James > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:membersozdat_owner@;datascribe.com.au] On Behalf Of mark > krawczuk > > > > Sent: Thursday, 24 October 2002 7:00 PM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: off topic > > > > > > > > hi, i have just put a 20 gig hd on my computer , it also has a 800 odd > > > > meg > > > > hd for downloads,a cd drive and a burner. > > > > i am running windows millenium > > > > > > > > but the 20 gig only shows up as about 2 gig. > > > > how can i get it to show up as 20 gig? > > > > > > > > email me off list if ya want: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > mark k > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@;datascribe.com.au/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
