I have a 120 gig hard drive but it showing up as a 30 gig

[wjordan14]

Hello,
i got a new 120 gig hard i install xp on and upon completion of installing xp the hard drive now shows up as only 30 gig what did i do wrong and how do i fix it

 

[shazzalol]

Well what brand is the HD? right click my computer then click manage. Look at what it says about your HD and post it here

 

[arkadi]

If you can check the hd size in bios as well

 

[sub mesa]

You may have put a jumper on the HDD that limits its size; try removing all jumpers.

 

[paulcooperorama]

or the obvious... what was the size reported before windows was installed? it could be a drive failure

 

[tim_tank]

You may have partitioned it on setup by mistake?

 

[Guest]

Oh,, no worries. I had the same experience when i reloaded my Windows XP. My 50GB movies took the drive but just cannot detected and show themselves.

Finially some friend recommend me to use this recovery program here http://www.icare-recovery.com/ and retrieved all the files.

My friend got this program from giveawayoftheday.com for free and recommended this one to me.