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**linderman** · 02-21-2008, 03:16 PM

you will find Dariks boot n nuke does a more through job / you need to wipe the whole job not just the partition that windows was on!

BTW: after you wipe a drive it wont be seen by windows (my computer) until it has been partitioned and formatted

I dont believe you problem is a bios limit as 55 gigs is an unusual number / if your hang-up was at 32 gigs or 64gigs or 127gigs or 137 gigs I would say maybe>>>> but not 55gigs

its a good thought though! but errant IMHO especially as Dell specs your laptop being able to use the 120 gig drive

be patient >>>> it will happen >>>> make sure you use NTFS file system and not FAT32

keep us posted

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linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,402 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: Help! New hard drive thinks it is half its true size! you will find Dariks boot n nuke does a more through job / you need to wipe the whole job not just the partition that windows was on! BTW: after you wipe a drive it wont be seen by windows (my computer) until it has been partitioned and formatted I dont believe you problem is a bios limit as 55 gigs is an unusual number / if your hang-up was at 32 gigs or 64gigs or 127gigs or 137 gigs I would say maybe>>>> but not 55gigs its a good thought though! but errant IMHO especially as Dell specs your laptop being able to use the 120 gig drive be patient >>>> it will happen >>>> make sure you use NTFS file system and not FAT32 keep us posted __________________ Even a Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day ! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial Last edited by linderman; 02-21-2008 at 03:20 PM.