Disk Space
I don't understand
Friday, February 27, 2009 by PuterDudeJim | Discussion: Windows Vista
I am posting here, hoping there's a few geeks out there who may be able to help me with this problem. I have two hard drives inside my new Vista rig. One came with the rig, it is a SATA drive. The other I added, used, it is an IDE drive. The IDE drive is the one giving false info. In my disk manager I get the following information, which should be accurate.
But in my Computer, I get this info, which is not accurate.
Anyone got any ideas on what's wrong?
Reply #2 Friday, February 27, 2009 1:47 PM
Right click in Disk Management:
(F:): Change Drive Letter and Paths (start w/ CD Rom).... E: name it whatever you want.
This will change the disk space amounts?
Reply #4 Friday, February 27, 2009 3:33 PM
Ok..you get the mirror and I'll get my glasses. Never saw the GB difference.
What's the bios say and what was this drive before you installed it?
Reply #5 Friday, February 27, 2009 5:09 PM
I haven't been in the bios, wouldn't know what I was looking for if I went. Before I installed this drive it was a drive on my XP rig. I formatted it when I installed it.
Reply #6 Friday, February 27, 2009 8:43 PM
Ever use any Acronis apps or anything else that would make a secure partition? It's not out of an OEM machine, is it?
If no to those, right click on drive in Disk Management and format it. If there is an option to 'expand' volume, use it .
Failing all that, right click drive in My Computer/ Properties/ Tools/ Error checking/ Check now; Check to fix (include free space) Reboot.
Reply #7 Friday, February 27, 2009 8:53 PM
Maybe, not sure what you ask. It's not a Dell hard drive, if that is where you're going.
Reply #8 Friday, February 27, 2009 9:06 PM
You are good. No option to expand, but a format fixed it. I formatted it when I installed it...hmmmm. Oh well, fixed now, thanx, Gary. 
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Reply #1 Friday, February 27, 2009 2:22 AM
Got a mirror?
Right click in Disk Management:
(F:): Change Drive Letter and Paths (start w/ CD Rom).... E: name it whatever you want.