I am trying to install a 500GB HD in my Dell. BIOS recognizes it as 500GB but when I start loading Windows in the partition screen it sees it as 131GB. After Windows loads it still sees it as 131GB. I did format the drive. Dell doesn't list the BIOS upgrade as fixing this problem. Does anyone know how to repair this?
bgasbarro 0 Newbie Poster
caperjack 875 I hate 20 Questions Team Colleague
hi!
type this into Start/run , compmgmt.msc , go to disk management in the left pane, and the rest of the drive should show there ,you can activate and format it and use it for storage
kingy55 44 Newbie Poster
I had the same sort of problem, try formatting it with seagate diskwizard then windows will see its full size. then you can partition it
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