jmacavali
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I have loaded Windows 7 onto my desktop. It's an Acer, but I can't remember what type (I'm not at home right now). It has a 160 Gb Sata HDD in it but Windows 7 only sees it as a 20 Gb HDD. Needless to say, I've already filled it up, not realizing until it had only 700 Mb left that it wasn't reading all of the drive. I haven't tried to much to fix it yet but here are my thoughts. Please add any ideas you have or which of mine is most likely.
1. Go into the BIOS and change the way the SATA is configured so it uses the "old" style of communication. I forget what this setting is called...
2. Look for drivers on Acer's website. UPDATE: None are available for Win 7.
3. Use an external HDD.
4. Reload it again with Win XP.
1. Go into the BIOS and change the way the SATA is configured so it uses the "old" style of communication. I forget what this setting is called...
2. Look for drivers on Acer's website. UPDATE: None are available for Win 7.
3. Use an external HDD.
4. Reload it again with Win XP.