How is it set up in the BIOS? Did you partition it? How did you format it?
Sounds like it's got a fat 16 partition on it.
If you know and have already done all this I suggest a forum such as
www.computing.net I used to use it to find answers to the most obscure
faults.
From: Paul Stanley
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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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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