why ????

shine3y3 · 05-21-2007, 08:40 PM

Hi people i just got a new samsung 250gb hard drive but my system only recognizes it as a 30gb anyone got any ideas as to why ??

I tried this hard drive in my other pc and it showed up as 250gb but wen i put it back in my other pc again its only recognizing it as a 30gb.

All and any help will be much appreciated

Shine3y3.

**casecutter** · 05-21-2007, 10:10 PM

System specs?

shine3y3 · 05-21-2007, 11:46 PM

Ok thanx..... how do i go about sortin it if its sortable that is ? ?

i left another post aswel askin for help with a message that comes up on my screen on my other pc it says " your system has recovered from a serious error " any ideas on that ? ? ?

lol

PrairieDawg · 05-22-2007, 01:45 AM

ummmm....casecutter is asking for your system specifications: What motherboard, cpu, ram, etc is you computer made with? What operating system are you using (If Windows is it 95, 98, 98se, ME, 2000, XP {service pack 1 or 2?}, Vista ... a version of Linux or a Mac operating system? )? Anything you can tell us about your sytem may give us the reason for the problem.

shine3y3 · 05-25-2007, 12:07 AM

LOL @ me...... sorry

My system is...

Intel (R)
Celeron (R) CPU 1.80 GHZ
1.79 GHZ,
256 MB of RAM

Windows XP Pro 2002
SP2

Umm N thats bout it.

Thanx

**Kheldar** · 05-25-2007, 07:05 AM

my first guess is that your going to need to do a bios update for your motherboard, so we need to work out the model & make of the motherboard

Tree Trimmer · 05-27-2007, 07:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shine3y3

Hi people i just got a new samsung 250gb hard drive but my system only recognizes it as a 30gb anyone got any ideas as to why ??

I tried this hard drive in my other pc and it showed up as 250gb but wen i put it back in my other pc again its only recognizing it as a 30gb.

All and any help will be much appreciated

Shine3y3.

Some times the simplest projects turn into a big pain in the axx.

Are you adding another drive or replacing one? Did the drive come pre-formatted? What about the dip switch? Are they set correctly? Is the drive you are replacing a 30 GB? Do you or did you have a 30gb drive installed? If your dip switch on the new drive isn’t set correctly the system may not be looking at the correct drive. That would also cause an error because the machine wouldn’t know C from D and so-on. Could it be that the drive is a 30 GB drive? Check the label on the drive. I know it sounds stupid but shxx happens.
When you put it into your other PC did you add it in as a new drive or replace a drive that was installed?

Tree Trimmer