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dino
use the Maxtor Utility and partition it down..or go to Maxtor and use their
knowledge base to find out why...
knowledge base to find out why...
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David H. Lipman
You have to have WinXP SP1.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303013
Dave
| Just bought a Maxtor 160GB SATA Drive, but when I went to install XP on it,
| it would only create a partition for 130GB?? The bios sees it as 160gb, so
| Im not sure what the problem is?? Is there anyone out there with the same
| problem, and possibly a fix? Any help would be great, thanks in advance...
|
|
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303013
Dave
| Just bought a Maxtor 160GB SATA Drive, but when I went to install XP on it,
| it would only create a partition for 130GB?? The bios sees it as 160gb, so
| Im not sure what the problem is?? Is there anyone out there with the same
| problem, and possibly a fix? Any help would be great, thanks in advance...
|
|
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Keith
Just bought a Maxtor 160GB SATA Drive, but when I went to install XP on it,
it would only create a partition for 130GB?? The bios sees it as 160gb, so
Im not sure what the problem is?? Is there anyone out there with the same
problem, and possibly a fix? Any help would be great, thanks in advance...
it would only create a partition for 130GB?? The bios sees it as 160gb, so
Im not sure what the problem is?? Is there anyone out there with the same
problem, and possibly a fix? Any help would be great, thanks in advance...
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BigBadger
Sounds like you have an older version of the Win XP installation CD without
the SP1 patch. You can create a new CD with SP1 'Slipstreamed' in which will
solve your
problem......http://www.windows-help.net/WindowsXP/winxp-sp1-bootcd.html
the SP1 patch. You can create a new CD with SP1 'Slipstreamed' in which will
solve your
problem......http://www.windows-help.net/WindowsXP/winxp-sp1-bootcd.html
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DaveW
You need XP SP1 installed for Windows XP to recognize a harddrive larger
than 137 GB.
than 137 GB.
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Philip Callan
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Keith wrote:
| Just bought a Maxtor 160GB SATA Drive, but when I went to install XP
on it,
| it would only create a partition for 130GB?? The bios sees it as
160gb, so
| Im not sure what the problem is?? Is there anyone out there with the same
| problem, and possibly a fix? Any help would be great, thanks in
advance...
|
|
Here's a nice page about how/why you only see 127-137GB of your 160GB+
drive currently:
http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/faq/137_overview.html
Well, download SP1, and install it, and (hopefully) things should turn
out like this:
"If your Windows XP CD does not indicate SP1, then your boot drive
partition will have a maximum size of 137GB. After the OS and SP1 are
installed, any additional gigabytes will show up as unallocated space on
the drive and you can easily create a second partition with DiscWizard
2003 or the Windows disk management tools. Also, if you prefer to have a
single partition, third party applications such as Partition Commander
from VCom or Partition Magic from Powerquest may be able to stretch the
partition to annex the newly found capacity."
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Keith wrote:
| Just bought a Maxtor 160GB SATA Drive, but when I went to install XP
on it,
| it would only create a partition for 130GB?? The bios sees it as
160gb, so
| Im not sure what the problem is?? Is there anyone out there with the same
| problem, and possibly a fix? Any help would be great, thanks in
advance...
|
|
Here's a nice page about how/why you only see 127-137GB of your 160GB+
drive currently:
http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/faq/137_overview.html
Well, download SP1, and install it, and (hopefully) things should turn
out like this:
"If your Windows XP CD does not indicate SP1, then your boot drive
partition will have a maximum size of 137GB. After the OS and SP1 are
installed, any additional gigabytes will show up as unallocated space on
the drive and you can easily create a second partition with DiscWizard
2003 or the Windows disk management tools. Also, if you prefer to have a
single partition, third party applications such as Partition Commander
from VCom or Partition Magic from Powerquest may be able to stretch the
partition to annex the newly found capacity."
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