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12 GB harddrive shows as 1.99 GB
Hey thanks a bunch. The Fat16 was right on the money. Initially used 'format' command at DOS prompt, that's where I went wrong... Went back with fdisk, erased the partition, wrote a new one, then it formatted fine. Thanks, I appreciate it!- heyblinkin
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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12 GB harddrive shows as 1.99 GB
Hello, I received an old laptop, formatted the HD, installed Win98 SE, to help with the low RAM--Win2000 was performing slowly-- and now the HD isn't recognized by Windows as having 12 GB capacity. The model is NEC Versa SXi, with 128 mb RAM, 12 GB IBM-DARA-212000 / Travelstar 12GN HD. I've...- heyblinkin
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