Hard Disk problem

[Sarah mcdonald]

Sarah mcdonald
yemsuport
Hi there:
I recently bought a 13GB HDD (westrn Digital)
when I detect it in the BIOS it only read 8.~GB. I formated it and still have 8.~GB.
1) where is the rest of the drive's capacity.
What shoud I do in order to make my computer see the rest of the drive?
2) What command should I use to copy the entire old HDD to the new one? Can I make it in the windows98 explorer, or it must be done only in the DOS command?
Appreciate yr help
God bless
SM

[wyvrn]

Try updating your bios so it will see more than 8.4 GB. Manufacturers normally have the update on their site. Read the directions, bios updates are a bit tricky and can cause the computer not to boot if not done properly. Good luck.

[Mntsnow]

Sarah, before copying anything to the harddrive first get the bios to recognize it's true size. to do this you will need to find either a bios update from the motherboard manufacture or use a "drive overlay" program that WD will have sent to you on a floppy disk. (dont do this option unless it is a LAST RESORT) as it's a big pain in the bumm to get rid of!

What is the make and model of your motherboard?

Mntsnow

[markdshark]

Sarah,

See this thread and in particular the posting by commodsquad.
http://www.sysopt.com/forum/Forum2/HTML/004981.html