making a 160Gb Hard Drive into 32Gb and turning it back?

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  1. GSoulfire

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    my boyfriend gave me a 160Gb Hard Drive for my computer but when he formatted it it now only holds 31Gb, can a turn it back to 160Gb?
     
    GSoulfire, May 21, 2006
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    go to control panel>administrative tools>computer management. click on disk management and find your new drive. you can then use that program to change the partition to the full capacity of the drive.
     
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    check the jumpers on the drive as appears it is configured for 32gig. there should be info on the top of the drive & maybe a booklet. who makes the hd?
     
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    thanx i have now got the drive formating!
     
    GSoulfire, May 21, 2006
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    no problem. (was it the jumpers, or the partition size??)
     
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    was jumpers, so i took them out and sorted the partition size. now running like a wee whirlwind! ta
     
    GSoulfire, May 22, 2006
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    teach & learn
     
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    you must have a sixth since or something ddp!
     
    djscoop, May 22, 2006
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    i never jumper for 32gig, strictly jumper for master or slave but seen info on top of lots of hd's i've done
     
    ddp, May 23, 2006
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    yeah i've seen that too....wonder why the manufacturer's put that option on there. why would you only want to utilize part of a HD? interesting...
     
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    maybe motherboard can't see past 32gig?
     
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    or maybe for other OS like ones large companies use that are way less sofiscicated than windows, and can only read so much data or something...who knows
     
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