Hdd Not Showing Full Capacity

gopsnair · 01-21-2006, 06:29 AM

As i am making a new system, i had installed a new 120gb hdd, as i started FDISK and creating a new dos partition, after iit was checking for drive integration and rached 40% the cpu got heated and started giving warning tones as it was overheating, on checking it was found that the cpu was getting overheating due to lack of heat paste, That was resolved, but when i again Fdisked the HDD and after checking drive integration integration, it shows only 48 GB as maximum disk space, am at wits end pls advice how i can get full disk space i.e 120Gb

**linderman** · 01-21-2006, 07:20 AM

try running boot & nuke (free in my signature) on the drive >>>> choose floppy disk version >>>> when the boot & nuke console opens choose autonuke from the options in the console >>>> make sure any other hard drives you may have >>> pull the power plug out of them !! Dban has the capability to erase multiple drives is so commnaded by error !!

this process will return your drive to the exact same condition as it was out of the box.

regards

joe

quester12 · 01-21-2006, 10:59 AM

linderman;

does boot&nuke work with all harddrives such as sata ones as well.

or certin type's like pata only or scsi?

quester12

**linderman** · 01-21-2006, 01:00 PM

works on all drives >>>> so will KIll disk & Digital Dolly has a wiper too !!

joe

01-21-2006, 06:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
gopsnair Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 45 OS: win xp	Hdd Not Showing Full Capacity As i am making a new system, i had installed a new 120gb hdd, as i started FDISK and creating a new dos partition, after iit was checking for drive integration and rached 40% the cpu got heated and started giving warning tones as it was overheating, on checking it was found that the cpu was getting overheating due to lack of heat paste, That was resolved, but when i again Fdisked the HDD and after checking drive integration integration, it shows only 48 GB as maximum disk space, am at wits end pls advice how i can get full disk space i.e 120Gb

01-21-2006, 07:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,433 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	try running boot & nuke (free in my signature) on the drive >>>> choose floppy disk version >>>> when the boot & nuke console opens choose autonuke from the options in the console >>>> make sure any other hard drives you may have >>> pull the power plug out of them !! Dban has the capability to erase multiple drives is so commnaded by error !! this process will return your drive to the exact same condition as it was out of the box. regards joe __________________ I still know nothing and I respect that fact, striving to improve and, along the way, help anyone that comes from the place that I used to be! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial

01-21-2006, 10:59 AM	#3 (permalink)
quester12 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: chicago Posts: 31 OS: 98SE SOON TO BE XP PRO	boot&nuke linderman; does boot&nuke work with all harddrives such as sata ones as well. or certin type's like pata only or scsi? quester12

01-21-2006, 01:00 PM	#4 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,433 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	works on all drives >>>> so will KIll disk & Digital Dolly has a wiper too !! joe __________________ I still know nothing and I respect that fact, striving to improve and, along the way, help anyone that comes from the place that I used to be! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial