I just picked up a WD2500 (250 gb internal drive)
I installed it into my PC
When I started my computer, it is telling me that the drive is only 31.4 gb. Its missing almost 200 gb!
How could this be remedied?
Any ideas?
Thankyou!
i think thats derivated from an old BIOS 
some bios bug reading the HDD specs
Some IDE drives had an “alternate” jumper setting to account for certain BIOS compatibility issues. You might like to rule out this possibility first.
Jumper Settings for WD SATA and EIDE Hard Drives:
http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/other/2579-001037.pdf
Alternatively, it could be that your drive’s capacity has been limited by a HPA. In this case you should be able to restore the drive’s full native capacity using HDAT2 or the HDD Capacity Restore Tool.
Explanation of Host Protected Area:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_protected_area
HDD Capacity Restore Tool:
http://hddguru.com/software/2007.07.20-HDD-Capacity-Restore-Tool
HDAT2/CBL Hard Disk Repair Utility:
http://www.hdat2.com
http://www.hdat2.com/hdat2_faq.html
http://www.hdat2.com/files/cookbook_v11.pdf
