Wrong size hard drive installing XP Pro

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Hans Nielsen

Hi!

I'm installing XP Pro on a Compaq 8840SE with a 250GB
Ultra-DMA hard drive. XP installation reports a hard drive
131GB of hard drive space.

How do I get XP to detect the 250GB drive?

Hans
 
-----Original Message-----
Hi!

I'm installing XP Pro on a Compaq 8840SE with a 250GB
Ultra-DMA hard drive. XP installation reports a hard drive
131GB of hard drive space.

How do I get XP to detect the 250GB drive?

Hans
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When asked, Enable Large Disk Support? Y/N
Click to expand...
Enter Y, Repartition & Reformat drive.
 
250G ????

MAN, that's a LOT of space...... (!)

DOn't know that I would even know what to do with that much space.... :-)
 
Update the BIOS

Or use two or more partitions, which is a good idea anyway.
C: at 25 GB for the OS and applications
D: for data (My Documents can be moved as can all other
personal files, also put a download folder here) and E: for
multi-media. You pick the sizes you want. Remember you
need to allow about 15-25% extra space so defrag and other
programs can run properly.






| 250G ????
|
| MAN, that's a LOT of space...... (!)
|
| Don't know that I would even know what to do with that
much space.... :-)
|
| --
| Frank Bachman
| Grumpy Aero Guy
|
|
| | > Hi!
| >
| > I'm installing XP Pro on a Compaq 8840SE with a 250GB
| > Ultra-DMA hard drive. XP installation reports a hard
drive
| > 131GB of hard drive space.
| >
| > How do I get XP to detect the 250GB drive?
| >
| > Hans
|
|
 
I think that those big HDD's are a joke, especially when I
started using Word Perfect, and Lotus 123 with 2 5 1/4
floppies. Also watch someone jump in and say to
partition the drive. If a drive goes bad it is bad no
matter how many partitions are on the drive. If one
needs that much space the best bet is a controller RAID
Array or daisy chain several drives.

: 250G ????
:
: MAN, that's a LOT of space...... (!)
:
: DOn't know that I would even know what to do with that much
space.... :-)
:
: --
: Frank Bachman
: Grumpy Aero Guy
:
:
: : > Hi!
: >
: > I'm installing XP Pro on a Compaq 8840SE with a 250GB
: > Ultra-DMA hard drive. XP installation reports a hard drive
: > 131GB of hard drive space.
: >
: > How do I get XP to detect the 250GB drive?
: >
: > Hans
:
:
 
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