Installation of New Bigger HDD

[DW190]

I am about to replace the hdd in my Inspiron laptop. It has a 60gb from new and I am increasing it to 160gb.

I am told that the Bios will restrict or partition the new drive to 60gb.

Can anyone explain in layman terms how I can change the settings to allow it to use the full 160gb?

[Strykerforce]

I am about to replace the hdd in my Inspiron laptop. It has a 60gb from new and I am increasing it to 160gb.

I am told that the Bios will restrict or partition the new drive to 60gb.

Can anyone explain in layman terms how I can change the settings to allow it to use the full 160gb?

I didn't see any issue mate. Just last month I replaced my HDD from 320 GB to 500GB and there is no such issue on the BIOS. Mine is HP Pavilion dv7. Just give a try and make partitions then install a fresh OS in your new HDD.

[marginal]

The first thing to do is update the BIOS.

[termiantor]

dont need to update anything it will see it as a 160 gb hard drive and itll run fine

[kadnor]

dont need to update anything it will see it as a 160 gb hard drive and itll run fine

Hi,
Apologise for enquirying about a different issue.My Cpu is
a Asus P5 3Gb Intel Processor, 4 Gb DDR2,since 3 weeks I have noticed that messages in my INBOX(outlook Express)
delete by itself . What can cause this disappearance ?Is it inadvertedly mouse clicking ?

Thank you for your guidance.
Best Wishes, yours respectfully,kadnor

[marginal]

Most probably a virus.