i have 200G.B Seagate ide hard disk when i start windows
xp instalation its shows only 128G.B but in BIOS its shows
200G.B and i tried in the other way in administrative
tools then also its shows 128 gb only so will u please
give the right solution for this i will wait for u r reaply
my email address is (E-Mail Removed)

This is because the version of Windows you are installing is Windows XP
Gold. You must have Windows XP Service Pack 1 installed to see drives
larger than 127 GB. There is a workaround to have the full capacity in
XP Gold, but I highly suggest updating to Service Pack 1.

Click Start-Programs-Internet Explorer-Tools-Windows Update-Find and
Install Service Pack 1a.

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Nathan McNulty

hajeebaba wrote:
> i have 200G.B Seagate ide hard disk when i start windows
> xp instalation its shows only 128G.B but in BIOS its shows
> 200G.B and i tried in the other way in administrative
> tools then also its shows 128 gb only so will u please
> give the right solution for this i will wait for u r reaply
> my email address is (E-Mail Removed)

"Nathan McNulty" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> This is because the version of Windows you are installing is Windows XP
> Gold. You must have Windows XP Service Pack 1 installed to see drives
> larger than 127 GB. There is a workaround to have the full capacity in
> XP Gold, but I highly suggest updating to Service Pack 1.
>
> Click Start-Programs-Internet Explorer-Tools-Windows Update-Find and
> Install Service Pack 1a.

One does need SP1 to be able to use drives over 137gigs in XP, but will still need to make changes in the registry for the changes to take effect.

"How to enable 48-bit Logical Block Addressing support for ATAPI disk drives in Windows XP"

I have never seen Microsoft itself mentioning "Gold" for any Windows
version but see this used sometimes by other people.
Why do they use "Gold" to refer to a Windows version and what does it mean?

Nathan McNulty wrote:
> This is because the version of Windows you are installing is Windows XP
> Gold. You must have Windows XP Service Pack 1 installed to see drives
> larger than 127 GB. There is a workaround to have the full capacity in
> XP Gold, but I highly suggest updating to Service Pack 1.
>
> Click Start-Programs-Internet Explorer-Tools-Windows Update-Find and
> Install Service Pack 1a.
>
> ----
> Nathan McNulty
>
> hajeebaba wrote:
>
>> i have 200G.B Seagate ide hard disk when i start windows xp
>> instalation its shows only 128G.B but in BIOS its shows 200G.B and i
>> tried in the other way in administrative tools then also its shows 128
>> gb only so will u please give the right solution for this i will wait
>> for u r reaply
>> my email address is (E-Mail Removed)
>

In this case, "Gold" means the final release for first time to hit the market, or first official release after the beta testing is completed, and the program (as in this case, XP) is released for public sale. Sometimes you'll hear the term e.g., "Program should be going "Gold" in a month", which measn the first offical release. Nathan simply used "Gold" in this case to refer to the first release before any service packs came out for updating the opertain system.

"Eric P." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have never seen Microsoft itself mentioning "Gold" for any Windows
> version but see this used sometimes by other people.
> Why do they use "Gold" to refer to a Windows version and what does it mean?
>
> Nathan McNulty wrote:
>> This is because the version of Windows you are installing is Windows XP
>> Gold. You must have Windows XP Service Pack 1 installed to see drives
>> larger than 127 GB. There is a workaround to have the full capacity in
>> XP Gold, but I highly suggest updating to Service Pack 1.
>>
>> Click Start-Programs-Internet Explorer-Tools-Windows Update-Find and
>> Install Service Pack 1a.
>>
>> ----
>> Nathan McNulty
>>
>> hajeebaba wrote:
>>
>>> i have 200G.B Seagate ide hard disk when i start windows xp
>>> instalation its shows only 128G.B but in BIOS its shows 200G.B and i
>>> tried in the other way in administrative tools then also its shows 128
>>> gb only so will u please give the right solution for this i will wait
>>> for u r reaply
>>> my email address is (E-Mail Removed)
>>
>

Thank you very much Tom!

Tom wrote:
> In this case, "Gold" means the final release for first time to hit
> the market, or first official release after the beta testing is
> completed, and the program (as in this case, XP) is released for
> public sale. Sometimes you'll hear the term e.g., "Program should be
> going "Gold" in a month", which measn the first offical release.
> Nathan simply used "Gold" in this case to refer to the first release
> before any service packs came out for updating the opertain system.
>
> "Eric P." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I have never seen Microsoft itself mentioning "Gold" for any
>> Windows version but see this used sometimes by other people. Why do
>> they use "Gold" to refer to a Windows version and what does it
>> mean?

You're very Welcome!

"Eric P." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thank you very much Tom!
>
> Tom wrote:
> > In this case, "Gold" means the final release for first time to hit
> > the market, or first official release after the beta testing is
> > completed, and the program (as in this case, XP) is released for
> > public sale. Sometimes you'll hear the term e.g., "Program should be
> > going "Gold" in a month", which measn the first offical release.
> > Nathan simply used "Gold" in this case to refer to the first release
> > before any service packs came out for updating the opertain system.
> >
> > "Eric P." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> I have never seen Microsoft itself mentioning "Gold" for any
> >> Windows version but see this used sometimes by other people. Why do
> >> they use "Gold" to refer to a Windows version and what does it
> >> mean?
>