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dnwurtz · 02-24-2007, 06:38 AM

First off let me begin by saying hello to everyone. This is my first post on these forums.

I have been building computers for several years and I can typically resolve issues I encounter with a few searches; but I am stumped. I am building a computer for a friend (just using to surf the internet and email).

Motherboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128018
Hard drive - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822145132

After getting in the BIOS setup the hard drive shows up as its intended 250GB - but when I go to choose partitioning information in the WindowsXP Home setup, the drive is showing as a 131XXX MB drive. Is there a configuration option I am missing that is reducing the size to 131GB? I am thinking it could be a faulty drive.

Thanks for any help.

02-24-2007, 06:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
dnwurtz Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 2 OS: Windows Vista	SATA Drive Size Issues First off let me begin by saying hello to everyone. This is my first post on these forums. I have been building computers for several years and I can typically resolve issues I encounter with a few searches; but I am stumped. I am building a computer for a friend (just using to surf the internet and email). Motherboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128018 Hard drive - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822145132 After getting in the BIOS setup the hard drive shows up as its intended 250GB - but when I go to choose partitioning information in the WindowsXP Home setup, the drive is showing as a 131XXX MB drive. Is there a configuration option I am missing that is reducing the size to 131GB? I am thinking it could be a faulty drive. Thanks for any help.