On installing XP my 80gig drive became 33gig

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On installing XP my 80gig drive became 33gig

WD800 was working OK with 80 gig capacity. on Windows ME
It became inaccessible when I installed XP.
I succeeded in installing it but it is only recognized as a 33Gig drive


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did you format it before installing XP? is the partition done correctly? did it mess up when converting? try installing again perhaps and fix the partition..
asdf
 
Did the OP format the 80GB hard drive with FAT32? XP can only create a 32GB
FAT32 partition/hard drive.


adf said:
did you format it before installing XP? is the partition done correctly?
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did it mess up when converting? try installing again perhaps and fix the
partition...
 
adf said:
did you format it before installing XP? is the partition done
correctly? did it mess up when converting? try installing again
perhaps and fix the partition... asdf
Click to expand...

The drive was functioning as a FAT16 80 gig drive under Windows ME.
After the XP installation it became inaccessible
 
Yves said:
Did the OP format the 80GB hard drive with FAT32? XP can only create
a 32GB FAT32 partition/hard drive.



did it mess up when converting? try installing again perhaps and fix
the partition...
Click to expand...

What is "OP"?
 
Windows ME uses fat32!

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FAT16 is limited to 2GB max.

Hard drives are no longer formatted with FAT16

Did Sid9 re-formt the hard drive with FAT32? If yes, XP has a 32GB limit
for FAT32. It can use hard drives formatted by older Windows to the full
capacity, just can not format them past 32GB.
 
Thank you for the response.

I've determined that I need to use Western Digital "Data Lifeguard" program
to format at 80 Gig.
So far the diskette I've created from the WD CD doesn't boot.

I'll have to resolve that.

That you again!
 
You do not the the "Data Lifeguard"! XP will give you the complete capacity
when you format the drive with NTFS.
 
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