hard drive problem

Discussion in 'Storage Devices' started by Gigabyte, Sep 26, 2005.

  1. Gigabyte

    Gigabyte Geek Trainee

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    recently my pc had a black out, i managed to install dos and get an os working.I had a 20gb hard disk (sea gate) and NOW it only has 2gb overall compacity :confused: when it should be 20gb.i want to restore it to 20gb again but i dont know how to . if any one can help please reply! thanks.
     
    Gigabyte, Sep 26, 2005
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  2. pelvis_3

    pelvis_3 HWF Member For Life

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    If your running DOS off it, i doubt DOS has large disk support, especially 20GB!
     
    pelvis_3, Sep 26, 2005
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  3. Addis

    Addis The King

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    Thats the problem as pelvis said. DOS uses FAT file system and that doesn't support drives that large. In the days of DOS hard drives were rarely in GBs.
     
    Addis, Sep 26, 2005
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  4. Matt555

    Matt555 iMod

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    yeah some format's dont recognise HDD's over 2GB so they set it at 1.99 or "GB or something, try using a different format.
     
    Matt555, Sep 26, 2005
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