Help with clean installation
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Help with clean installation
I decided to format my PC as it was getting cluttered. The problem I have is with my hard drive. The BIOS reports it as 320GB which is correct, but when I go to format or install XP its only showing it as 132GB. Even after installation it still shows as only being 132GB
Anyone got any ideas why it should do this, or anyone know the solution ?
Cheers
Phil
Anyone got any ideas why it should do this, or anyone know the solution ?
Cheers
Phil
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I had this on a 2nd hard drive, so what I did was stick it in a USB caddy and format it using my laptop, stuck it back in the PC, the BIOS thinks it is 132Gb, but XP now sees it as a full 320 Gb
I have also copied 300 Gb of data onto it and it works a treat too
What make of Hard Drive is it? some manufacturers have their own software (like overlay stuff) to enable the extra capacity
The downside for you is that you have already formatted the partition as you have installed XP, although no reason why you cant have it as a D drive, or use something like Partition Manager to extend the C drive once you get the extra space appearing under XP
Steve
I have also copied 300 Gb of data onto it and it works a treat too
What make of Hard Drive is it? some manufacturers have their own software (like overlay stuff) to enable the extra capacity
The downside for you is that you have already formatted the partition as you have installed XP, although no reason why you cant have it as a D drive, or use something like Partition Manager to extend the C drive once you get the extra space appearing under XP
Steve
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Right click on your 'My Computer' icon in Xp and select 'manage' then goto storage and click on device management. What information does it give for your C:/ drive?
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my guess here is your copy of XP doesn't have any service packs on it. Pre service pack 1 XP would only recodnise up to 130 Gig hard drives. Slipstream service pack 2 onto the XP disk and all should be well
nLite - Deployment Tool for the bootable Unattended Windows installation
to slipstream
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
for service pack 2
nLite - Deployment Tool for the bootable Unattended Windows installation
to slipstream
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
for service pack 2
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my guess here is your copy of XP doesn't have any service packs on it. Pre service pack 1 XP would only recodnise up to 130 Gig hard drives. Slipstream service pack 2 onto the XP disk and all should be well
nLite - Deployment Tool for the bootable Unattended Windows installation
to slipstream
Download details: Windows XP Service Pack 2 for IT Professionals and Developers
for service pack 2
nLite - Deployment Tool for the bootable Unattended Windows installation
to slipstream
Download details: Windows XP Service Pack 2 for IT Professionals and Developers
for service pack 2
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and as an afterthought
AutoPatcher.com
should help you with patches
http://download.softpedia.com/dl/474...6_ENU_Core.exe
fast link to it, need service pack 2 for it, edited to add that link is quite slow for me at present.....but it ran ace yesterday....Honest
AutoPatcher.com
should help you with patches
http://download.softpedia.com/dl/474...6_ENU_Core.exe
fast link to it, need service pack 2 for it, edited to add that link is quite slow for me at present.....but it ran ace yesterday....Honest
Last edited by mike1210; 02 June 2007 at 05:10 PM.
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Thanks guys. After putting all updates back in (inc SP2) its now showing the extra space as unallocated, so I'll partition that as D drive
cheers
Phil
cheers
Phil
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