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paddit

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    120Gb disk but can only see 30GB of it
    « on: July 05, 2008, 02:33:59 PM »
    Hi All,
    Hopefully someone can help me out here. I had a hard drive failure on my Seagate Barracuda 120GB hard drive. I've managed to recover the missing data off it using 'GetDataBack for NTFS, however I'm only able to see 30GB of the disk and not the rest of it.
    I've got the drive configured as a slave, but want to make full use of the 120GB as I can.
    I'm able to format the 30GB without any problems.

    Thanks in Advance
    Paddit
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    Fred8



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      Re: 120Gb disk but can only see 30GB of it
      « Reply #1 on: July 05, 2008, 03:46:22 PM »
      You won't get the full 120Gb ever.....there's some taken up with the system.
      You'll always lose a few Gig.

      Personallly, I would scrub the HD with Zero Fill...and then treat it with Disk Genius.

      Then put a clean set of Windows on.

      Then you will have a drive like new.
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      Re: 120Gb disk but can only see 30GB of it
      « Reply #2 on: July 05, 2008, 03:53:07 PM »
      So there was a HD failure and now the computer only recognizes 30GB out of the 120GB?

      What OS?

      Is it hooked up as a slave?
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      paddit

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        Re: 120Gb disk but can only see 30GB of it
        « Reply #3 on: July 05, 2008, 04:03:14 PM »
        Hi
        Yes that's right. I'm running XP. I'm able to format 30GB only. I've tried Zero Fill as suggested by Fred8, but I still can't see anything.
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        Fred8



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          Re: 120Gb disk but can only see 30GB of it
          « Reply #4 on: July 06, 2008, 01:36:58 AM »
          Have you treated it with disk Genius, ???
          It won't take anything unless you do.
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          Dias de verano

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          Re: 120Gb disk but can only see 30GB of it
          « Reply #5 on: July 06, 2008, 01:56:55 AM »
          See Seagate's page about the 32 GB limitation:

          http://tinyurl.com/23brcs
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          Goku



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            Re: 120Gb disk but can only see 30GB of it
            « Reply #6 on: July 06, 2008, 02:39:12 AM »
            Hello Pad. There is an article that concerns the problem you are experiencing. Please perform the procedure provided in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article.

            How to locate and correct disk space problems on NTFS volumes in Windows XP

            Let us know if it helps or not. Good Luck. :)

            -- Goku
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