Hard Drive capacity not reading right

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nanobeast

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I have a 250 GB hard drive with OS and some programs on it.

I just got a second hard drive (link below) and installed it. I intend to use this second 1TB drive for music/video/file storage.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185

1) I partitioned it as primary and I am formatting it. It is going very slow. I noticed that the capacity only reads 7.87 GB?!? Did the UPS guy drop 9992.13 GB somewhere?!?!?

2) Did I select the right partition? (primary vs extended)?
 
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Well I think I found a solution. For others who might run into the same problem, read on for a possible fix.....

Apparently the Samsung 1TB Hard drive and my Motherboard GA-P35-DS3L have compatibility issues.

I downloaded the program "HDD Capacity Restore" and used it to restore the capacity.

You will have to reboot the system after running it and also go to "Add hardware" to detect the hardware. Once you do this, the correct capacity will be reported under disk management where you can partition and format it.

Mine is currently formatting while showing the right capacity (931.51 GB). Hopefully everything works out.

PS. Sorry I doubted the UPS guy.
 
cool.. glad to see you got it working.. and thank you for posting how you fixed it for other members.. wish more people would do this..
 
compatibility issue? :confused: caused by what? it works fine on my DS3R, btw.
 
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