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Windows 7 Recognizes 300Gb HDD As 34Gb HDD - Any Idea Why and How Can I Fix It?




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Old 21st Aug 2009, 19:06
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My friend has an old 300GB HD that was a FAT32 partition on it. He installed it in a system with Windows 7 and it shows only 34GB. The drive shows as 300Gb in Linux.

Does anyone know how to fix this?
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Old 23rd Aug 2009, 15:06
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Try reformatting the drive with NTFS / or convert it to NTFS which ever you find easier.
Fat32 limits the volume of the drive to around 32gb. NTFS supports volumes up to 2Terabytes.

This should fix it assuming you are getting 300gb when you look in the bios.
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Old 24th Aug 2009, 05:51
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Originally Posted by thefrostman View Post
Fat32 limits the volume of the drive to around 32gb.
Are you sure about that ?
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Old 26th Aug 2009, 12:03
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Tankman format the drive to NTFS this will solve your problem.
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Old 26th Aug 2009, 14:49
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Check that the drive does not have a 32gb limiting jumper on it.

If you are unsure, tell us the Make and Model No, of the drive.
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