So I only just notice that my strange external rock-hard drive isnt mortal conventional to full dimensions.?

purchased a mybook 500 see external hard drive and own had it for more or less 3 or 4 weeks now.. anyhoo be gonna organize it and notice it only renowned 149 gigs.. I did some research and noticed that it could be a bios issue.. with the sole purpose thing is ,, is that this is a latest computer with vista.. unless its a vista issue im stumped.. any accepted wisdom?

Answer:
If it's external, and you're missing that much (more than 300GB) then it's neither the BIOS nor Windows. I judge you'd better check the partitions surrounded by Disk Manager--this tool should be found in Computer Management, in Control Panel's Administrative Tools in Windows XP. I don't know where on earth it is on Vista, but you can try looking for Computer Management in Vista to find it.

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To clarify: the BIOS have NOTHING to do with drive admission when it's USB, after Windows has loaded. The Windows kernel structure is designed to allow drivers to bear over all BIOS functionality as soon as it have "bootstrapped" -- that means, BIOS functionality is ONLY used when Windows is loading, and NOT after Windows is in position to accept user interaction.
Definitely not Vista it merely needs roughly 10-15GB. Probably is the bios.
WHOA, that would stink. You see, in the older days (of Windows 2000), there be the super-secret 137GB Windows limit to not easy drive size. But that was fixed surrounded by later version and Windows XP.

If this is an OLD computer with Vista, consequently I would wonder.

Read this article about the Hard Drive size boundaries and barriers. http://www.dewassoc.com/kbase/hard_drive...


Good luck and Happy Computing!
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