Solve : lost 85gb hard drive?

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Answer» What was the original reason for wanting to reinstall Vista? Did you do it yourself or did someone do it for you? It does look like you have an 80GB hard drive there. Is there any chance the drive could have been swapped out for another one? If I were you I would take the hard drive out and look at the label to make sure. Or you could click START and type devmgmt.msc into the search box and press enter. This will open device manager. In device manager click the plus sign next to disk drives to expand the list of drives. Upload another screenshot for us. Thank-You for your response, here is a picture of disk drives. Uploaded with ImageShack.usAfter googling 'fujitsu mhw2080bh' the result were http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&gs_nf=1&pq=fujitsu&cp=13&gs_id=121&xhr=t&q=fujitsu+MHW2080bh&pf=p&safe=off&sclient=psy-ab&oq=fujitsu+MHW20&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=1deb3a27a4d9b1ab&biw=1366&bih=655 Looks like you have a 80GB hard drive. Re-edit: Sorry, just done some more reading. They make 80 to 160 GB models. Are you sure you read the paperwork right? Here is your drive (80Gb): Fujitsu MHW2080BH 80GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache 2.5" SATA 1.5Gb/s Notebook Hard Drive If the EXTRA hard drive has been deleted where would I go to get it checked and restored? Thanks for all your help. Quote from: debwins on July 03, 2012, 01:01:29 PM If the extra hard drive has been deleted where would I go to get it checked and restored? Thanks for all your help. There isn't an extra hard drive that has been deleted. You thought you had a 160 GB hard drive. You don't. You have an 80 GB hard drive. Quote from: reddevilggg on July 03, 2012, 08:21:57 AM Re-edit: Sorry, just done some more reading. They make 80 to 160 GB models. The model number says it is 80 GB. In that range of disk drives, the 3 digits between MHW2 and BH gave the drive SIZE, padded with a leading zero if under 100 GB thus: MHW2080BH MHW2100BH MHW2120BH MHW2160BH This is a Dell Inspiron 1520 Quote from: debwins on July 04, 2012, 11:49:27 AM This is a Dell Inspiron 1520 You already told us that. The screen shots you were asked to provide show a Fujitsu model MHW2080BH hard drive. This is an 80 GB hard drive. It may have had a bigger drive in the past, but 80 GB is what it has now. The Dell 1520 could be bought new with a drive size from 80 GB to 160 GB. If it had a 160 GB drive when new, that drive has been taken out and a smaller one put in. Quote from: debwins on July 04, 2012, 11:49:27 AM This is a Dell Inspiron 1520 The Service Tag will tell you exactly what was shipped by Dell to the original owner. www.support.dell.com Thank-You all for you help and support it's greatly appreciated.

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What was the original reason for wanting to reinstall Vista? Did you do it yourself or did someone do it for you?

It does look like you have an 80GB hard drive there. Is there any chance the drive could have been swapped out for another one? If I were you I would take the hard drive out and look at the label to make sure. Or you could click START and type devmgmt.msc into the search box and press enter. This will open device manager. In device manager click the plus sign next to disk drives to expand the list of drives. Upload another screenshot for us.

Thank-You for your response, here is a picture of disk drives.

Uploaded with ImageShack.usAfter googling 'fujitsu mhw2080bh' the result were

http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&gs_nf=1&pq=fujitsu&cp=13&gs_id=121&xhr=t&q=fujitsu+MHW2080bh&pf=p&safe=off&sclient=psy-ab&oq=fujitsu+MHW20&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=1deb3a27a4d9b1ab&biw=1366&bih=655

Looks like you have a 80GB hard drive.

Re-edit: Sorry, just done some more reading. They make 80 to 160 GB models.

Are you sure you read the paperwork right? Here is your drive (80Gb):

Fujitsu MHW2080BH 80GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache 2.5" SATA 1.5Gb/s Notebook Hard Drive If the EXTRA hard drive has been deleted where would I go to get it checked and restored? Thanks for all your help. Quote from: debwins on July 03, 2012, 01:01:29 PM

If the extra hard drive has been deleted where would I go to get it checked and restored? Thanks for all your help.

There isn't an extra hard drive that has been deleted. You thought you had a 160 GB hard drive. You don't. You have an 80 GB hard drive.

Quote from: reddevilggg on July 03, 2012, 08:21:57 AM

Re-edit: Sorry, just done some more reading. They make 80 to 160 GB models.

The model number says it is 80 GB. In that range of disk drives, the 3 digits between MHW2 and BH gave the drive SIZE, padded with a leading zero if under 100 GB thus:

MHW2080BH
MHW2100BH
MHW2120BH
MHW2160BH

This is a Dell Inspiron 1520 Quote from: debwins on July 04, 2012, 11:49:27 AM

This is a Dell Inspiron 1520

You already told us that. The screen shots you were asked to provide show a Fujitsu model MHW2080BH hard drive. This is an 80 GB hard drive. It may have had a bigger drive in the past, but 80 GB is what it has now. The Dell 1520 could be bought new with a drive size from 80 GB to 160 GB. If it had a 160 GB drive when new, that drive has been taken out and a smaller one put in.

Quote from: debwins on July 04, 2012, 11:49:27 AM

This is a Dell Inspiron 1520

The Service Tag will tell you exactly what was shipped by Dell to the original owner.
www.support.dell.com Thank-You all for you help and support it's greatly appreciated.

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