Setting HDD Size

[OKJEFF4]

I have a 200GB Seagate Barracuda HDD on WinXP Pro. In the original format I did not have SP1 so XP would only detect my 200GB drive as a 127GB drive.

I have since then aquired SP1 and I know there is a Microsoft program that can do this, but I can't find it, what is it called?

Thanks for your help

-S

[wquiles]

Go into the control panel, Administrative Tools, Computer Management, Storage, Disk Management. This should show you your HD's and allow you to delete/create/format partitions.

[OKJEFF4]

I don't need to make a partition, I need to reset my HDD's size.

If you install Windows XP without SP1 or above, it will only support HDD's up to 127 GB, so if you have a bigger HDD like mine, then it will only show up as a 127 GB.

There is a program created by Microsoft to correct this, it was mentioned in my HDD's CD, but I can't go back to that because I'd have to format first, and I just finished getting everything back in order from my previous HDD, which took about 2-3 hours.

So basically I'm just wondering if anyone has heard of/used this program, and could give me the name and location of it.

-S

[OKJEFF4]

I found out what I needed to know. For those of you who are having this same problem, you need to use a "partition stretching" program. This can be found at your HD manufacturers website, or you can use a third party program.

-S