hi guys
thanks for the quick reply cos i am breaking my heart
here.
the machine has sp1 on it, i put it on after xp...i
thought the same....no luck.
in computer management i see 153 odd gig unallocated
which is about right...but unallocated ? ? ? ?
>-----Original Message-----
>To see a drive larger than 137Gb three things are
required: the BIOS must
>see it, WinXP SP1 must be installed, 48-bit LBA must be
turned on.
>
>When you did the repair install you must have reverted
to XP with no SP1 and
>48-bit LBA is not included.
>
>"andrew hopper" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote in message
>news:0eb501c47b27$e1604420$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I have just had a problem with my xp install and i
chose
>> to do a repair operation on it using my original disc.
>>
>> Now, xp will not see my 160 gig data drive when booted
>> and there is so much valuable info on there....i simply
>> cannot emphasize how much sentimental info is there.
>>
>> The drive is not faulty at all.
>>
>> Help.
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