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Check the partition size as well.

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Hi i just built a new gaming rig and included in my rig is a 500gb caviar Blue after finaly finishing installing and updating all my drivers and windows i noticed that it said that i had 90gb free of 294gb on my 500gb caviar blue can anyone help me fix this.

 

I do know that it is an actual 500gb drive and that i've not been riped off as i used it in my previous system.

 

any help would be great.

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Hi i just built a new gaming rig and included in my rig is a 500gb caviar Blue after finaly finishing installing and updating all my drivers and windows i noticed that it said that i had 90gb free of 294gb on my 500gb caviar blue can anyone help me fix this.

 

I do know that it is an actual 500gb drive and that i've not been riped off as i used it in my previous system.

 

any help would be great.

 

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Check the partition size as well.

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What partitions have been set up according to Disk Management?

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Hey there JaffaMan,
 
Could you post a screenshot of your Disk Management? I hope you fixed it and don't have problems with the drive anymore.
One note from me: since you are reusing an old drive it is highly recommended that you check the drive's health and see if it's still reliable to store your data. I would recommend using WD Data Lifeguard Diagnostic tool and see if the drive passes both the quick and the extended tests. This should give you a pretty good idea if the drive is good or not. Here's a link: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=DZkA1i
 
Feel free to ask if you have other questions or problems :)
 
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