Re: Windows Installer creates too small partition

You are creating the partition on the hard drive with the original
(first release) of XP. This version of XP had a problem with detecting
hard drives larger that 130 GB. In order to get the 250GB recognised,
you need to use a XP install CD that has SP1, or SP2, slipstreamed onto
it. Starting with SP1, this "size" problem was "fixed" (for now.)

If you have trouble with slipstreaming the Service Packs onto the CD,
try looking at Autostreamer.


Niklas wrote:
> Greetings. Got an all new computer in parts. Harddrive shows up with size
> 250GB in BIOS setup, but the Windows XP installer only detects the harddrive
> as 131,062GB in size, and it wont allow me to create any bigger partition
> than that. What can be the problem? Thanks for any help.