HD problem
 

I have two 18 gig hard drives in my computer, one shows 18g but the other
shows 305mb,,any help? please

Re: HD problem
 

Check your jumper settings first thing.Check on mfrs website for
diagnostic/instal software.
"Rick" <RickSS@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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> I have two 18 gig hard drives in my computer, one shows 18g but the other
> shows 305mb,,any help? please
>
>


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Re: HD problem
 

I have the second drive as slave, the website has no updates, any help?
"Rick" <RickSS@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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> I have two 18 gig hard drives in my computer, one shows 18g but the other
> shows 305mb,,any help? please
>
>

Re: HD problem
 

Rick wrote:

> I have the second drive as slave, the website has no updates, any help?
> "Rick" <RickSS@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> news:M1j0d.363069$M95.5123@pd7tw1no...
>
>>I have two 18 gig hard drives in my computer, one shows 18g but the other
>>shows 305mb,,any help? please

See what fdisk says about existing partitions. There may be only a
305MB partition that Windows can recognize. Where did it come from
before you installed it as slave? What OS is on the present computer?
Drive type(s) might also give us a clue.

Virg Wall
--
A foolish consistency is the
hobgoblin of little minds,........
Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Microsoft programmer's manual.)

Re: HD problem
 

its a new hard drive, im using windows xp, the hard drives are both seagate
"VWWall" <vwall@DEADearthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Rick wrote:
>
> > I have the second drive as slave, the website has no updates, any help?
> > "Rick" <RickSS@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> > news:M1j0d.363069$M95.5123@pd7tw1no...
> >
> >>I have two 18 gig hard drives in my computer, one shows 18g but the
other
> >>shows 305mb,,any help? please
>
> See what fdisk says about existing partitions. There may be only a
> 305MB partition that Windows can recognize. Where did it come from
> before you installed it as slave? What OS is on the present computer?
> Drive type(s) might also give us a clue.
>
> Virg Wall
> --
> A foolish consistency is the
> hobgoblin of little minds,........
> Ralph Waldo Emerson
> (Microsoft programmer's manual.)