Toshiba satellite "L10 119" problem with new 250GB HDD

mahdivatankhah · 03-10-2009, 01:16 AM

Dear Sir/Madam,

I just bought a new hard disk (250GB) for my laptop, but the system recognize only 130GB of total.
I had done all works with partition magic and other low level format software,
But still have problem with it.
If anybody can help me, I'll be appreciated.

Sincerely
Mahdi VatanKhah

**TriggerFinger** · 03-10-2009, 09:01 AM

Check with Toshiba website if there is a known issue with BIOS support for hard drives with large capacities. May be a BIOS update is available as fix. If none is available, may be you can try creating 2 partitions (ex. partition 1 = 130GB, partition 2= 120GB) so you can make use of the whole 250GB. You can set partition 2 as your DATA drive or use it for another operating system.

mahdivatankhah · 03-10-2009, 10:38 PM

Thanks

03-10-2009, 01:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
mahdivatankhah Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 3 OS: xp	Toshiba satellite "L10 119" problem with new 250GB HDD Dear Sir/Madam, I just bought a new hard disk (250GB) for my laptop, but the system recognize only 130GB of total. I had done all works with partition magic and other low level format software, But still have problem with it. If anybody can help me, I'll be appreciated. Sincerely Mahdi VatanKhah

03-10-2009, 09:01 AM	#2 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,841 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Toshiba satellite "L10 119" problem with new 250GB HDD Check with Toshiba website if there is a known issue with BIOS support for hard drives with large capacities. May be a BIOS update is available as fix. If none is available, may be you can try creating 2 partitions (ex. partition 1 = 130GB, partition 2= 120GB) so you can make use of the whole 250GB. You can set partition 2 as your DATA drive or use it for another operating system. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

03-10-2009, 10:38 PM	#3 (permalink)
mahdivatankhah Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 3 OS: xp	Re: Toshiba satellite "L10 119" problem with new 250GB HDD Thanks