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BIOS shows disk size of 32 GB instead of 160 GB
I agree that the first step is to make the BIOS recognize the full HDD capacity. But how to do it? The BIOS is new enough, it recognized the HDD before. Is the problem in SETUP settings, or somewhere else? How does BIOS detect HDD size?- apnotify
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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BIOS shows disk size of 32 GB instead of 160 GB
My HDD showed full capacity (160 GB) just a week ago. Then I tried to partition it (Ranish) and install Windows 2000. After these operations, SETUP shows only 33.8 GB. So does every partitioning software I have tried. Here is my configuration: Motherboard: MSI 915P MS-7058 ATX BIOS: A7058IMS V...- apnotify
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
