newbietothecomp

hi i dont know **** about comps i just installed a secondary HD on my comp and i have 1 exactly the same already as my master they both 30 gig HDs but the new 1 i just hooked up is only reading 1.97gb why if its a 30 gig HD will it say 1.97? am i doing something wrong? please if u can help me post back or email me at griffith01@cox.net i would really appreciate it thnx alot

i dont have the manuals on my HD thats the shitty part

well i have a asus a7v133 MB and the HD is a Maxtor Diamond Plus 60 7200 RPM but the thing is my master HD is the exact same thing as the one im trying to put in EXACT same thing as my master and it wont work so im not sure

i did all that already went to disk management partitioned it and formatted it in NTFS and it still comes up 1.97 then i got a old 12 gig i had that was always at like 11.6 something i put it in and it gives me 12.45 or something so why wouldnt the 30 work?

ok i tried a 12gig i had lying around i took the 30 im trying to put in thats only reading 1.97 gb and put in this 12 gb HD and it worked fine could it be the 30 gig is corrupt? how would i find out if it was corrupt for sure??

somebody please help me its getting really irritating i tried everything my friends told me to i need expert help im sensitive and gonna cry

i just turned off comp hooked it up to same cable as my other HD and then i formatted it in NTFS and it still said 1.97