Seagate 250gib reads 131 gib only. WHY??

petai

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hello

i just buy new hard disk brand seagate 250gib . When i want to format it .It just detect 131gib only. can anyone help me about it ?
thank you ....
 

turboflame

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download and install sp2, go into disk management (right click on "my computer" and select manage), partition and format the rest of the disk.
 

col-p-todd

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How old is your system? Because some of the older motherboards can't see/use the full size of the new larger hard drives. If that is the case a bois update might do the trick
 

petai

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thank you for your reply ... i got it now ... need to update bios & install service pack 2. thank you for your information. ..

thanks you very much..