New system see's my 250GB Hard Drive as 131GB???

apopilot · 11-17-06, 06:38 PM

I just upgraded my system to the 680 board with the INTEL dual core processor from my ASUS/AMD rig. The hard drive had VISTA RC1 on it. I wanted to install my copy of WINDOWS XP and when I booted from the CD and started the WINDOWS Installation only 131GB of the 250GB hard drive shows up for formatting. I am also having a hard time installing good old fashion WINDOWS XP PRO. Any ideas on how I can wipe my hard drive clean?

dfonda · 11-17-06, 07:15 PM

You need at least service pack 1 to recognize the size of the HD. (Thinking) How about after installing and updating windows .You use an after market to repartition it?

redduc900 · 11-18-06, 01:40 PM

Hard Drive Diagnostics and Issues
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=127203

How to enable 48-bit Logical Block Addressing support for ATAPI disk drives in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...en-us%3b303013

137 GB HDD addressing limit in Windows XP
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.p...ighlight=137gb

snafumaster · 11-19-06, 05:24 PM

I would suggest slip streaming your XP disk to SP2 if you want it to be all set for an XP bui;d from the start.

11-17-06, 06:38 PM	Thread Starter #1
apopilot Registered Join Date: Jul 2005	New system see's my 250GB Hard Drive as 131GB??? I just upgraded my system to the 680 board with the INTEL dual core processor from my ASUS/AMD rig. The hard drive had VISTA RC1 on it. I wanted to install my copy of WINDOWS XP and when I booted from the CD and started the WINDOWS Installation only 131GB of the 250GB hard drive shows up for formatting. I am also having a hard time installing good old fashion WINDOWS XP PRO. Any ideas on how I can wipe my hard drive clean?
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11-17-06, 07:15 PM	#2
dfonda Senior Member Premium Member #16 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: PA N. of Splat W. of Torin	You need at least service pack 1 to recognize the size of the HD. (Thinking) How about after installing and updating windows .You use an after market to repartition it? __________________ #1Win7Rosetta2600k@4.5GHZ(Hyper212+)Msi P67 G65 16GB RAM evga560Ti #2UbuntuSMP BA 4P 6128's on a SuperMicro Phones:GNexus, Nexus 4, Galaxy S2(PGNexusROM), iphone5 Folding for Tim and his wife, Mark and his wife,Pete_Scout Oldskool and Adak Last edited by dfonda; 11-17-06 at 07:24 PM.
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11-18-06, 01:40 PM	#3
redduc900 Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: WCG@home in Portland	Hard Drive Diagnostics and Issues http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=127203 How to enable 48-bit Logical Block Addressing support for ATAPI disk drives in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default...en-us%3b303013 137 GB HDD addressing limit in Windows XP http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.p...ighlight=137gb __________________ "Taking Your Posting to the Next Level" "Unofficial Posting Guidelines" "Forum FAQs, Guidelines, and Rules" "Signatures: Content, Size and readability" Last edited by redduc900; 11-18-06 at 01:59 PM.
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11-19-06, 05:24 PM	#4
snafumaster Software Jedi Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: South of Boston	I would suggest slip streaming your XP disk to SP2 if you want it to be all set for an XP bui;d from the start. __________________ I was going to edit my list of computers...but at this point it would look more like a spreadsheet. Let's just say; I've got one of those too. [HEATWARE] I must have a problem with all of my Windows machines...they never seem to crash.
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