My Hard Drive 160 GB, shows only 123 GB?

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My Hard Drive 160 GB, shows only 123 GB?
The same proble was with windows 2000.
What should I do?
Does microsoft has a patch or how can I fix that?
 
:>My Hard Drive 160 GB, shows only 123 GB?
:>The same proble was with windows 2000.

Perhaps the problem is in the BIOS?

:>What should I do?

See how big a disk your BIOS will support.

There may be a patch to increase the size.

:>Does microsoft has a patch or how can I fix that?

As above.
 
Check your motherboard or computer manufacturer's User's Guide
and find how large a hard drive your motherboard is designed to support.

Windows XP Does Not Recognize All Available Disk Space
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316505

How to Enable 48-bit Logical Block Addressing Support for ATAPI Disk Drives in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303013&Product=winxp

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| My Hard Drive 160 GB, shows only 123 GB?
| The same proble was with windows 2000.
| What should I do?
| Does microsoft has a patch or how can I fix that?
 
Did your computer create another partition? You can check this by going to Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Computer Management. Click on Disk Management and look on the bottom half of the screen. If you see a box that says a disk size then says Unallocated, right click on it and select New Partition. Follow the steps and keep most of the options selected. The only option that you should change is the partiton size.

Is your current filesystem set to NTFS? To check, go to My Computer, single-click on your hard drive, and look in the sidebar. If it isn't NTFS, go the the command prompt (Start>Run>cmd.exe) and type in convert (drive letter) fs:/ntfs. If i'm not correct, use Help and Support (search NTFS coversion or something along the lines of that). This process can take a while, depending on how much hard drive space you have used (5 GB or more usually takes 5 minutes or more).

If none of these remedies work, I'm sorry.
 
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