Wrong Hard drive size installing XP

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Hans Nielsen

Hi!
I'm installing XP Pro on a Compaq 8844SE with a 250GB
Ultra-DMA Hard drive, XP reports only 131GB unpartitioned
space available to create partition in.

How do I get XP intallation program to recognize the drive
I'm using?

Hans
 
Hans said:
Hi!
I'm installing XP Pro on a Compaq 8844SE with a 250GB
Ultra-DMA Hard drive, XP reports only 131GB unpartitioned
space available to create partition in.

How do I get XP intallation program to recognize the drive
I'm using?

Hans
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Sounds like you either need to apply SP1, or you need to flash your bios.
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Yes, I found out that the problem were the 48-bit LBA
support that is missing, How do I apply SP1 before an
installation?

Hans
 
Hi GB,

how can i install XP with the 48-Bit enabled ??? You mean it is possible to "splitstream" sp1 to XP pro ... so i'm using XP Professional ..... And i'm booting from a CD ..... So plz help me .... How it is possible to make windows recognizing my Harddisk correct at setup ??? The 250 GB Disk is the one and only disk in my system ...

Plz contact me via Email

Thx 4 looking
Marc
 
M.Siliax said:
Hi GB,

how can i install XP with the 48-Bit enabled ??? You mean it is possible
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to "splitstream" sp1 to XP pro ... so i'm using XP Professional ..... And
i'm booting from a CD ..... So plz help me .... How it is possible to make
windows recognizing my Harddisk correct at setup ??? The 250 GB Disk is the
one and only disk in my system ...
Plz contact me via Email

Thx 4 looking
Marc
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Slipstreaming is covered in the MS Knowledge Base and these web sites:

Bart Lagerweij's way to create bootable XP CD with SP1 slipstream
http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/#wxp

Tack Tech using Nero
http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=248

Mike Caldwell's web site
http://mikecaldwell.com/XPSPIntegrated/Windows2000SLIPSTREAM.htm

Bink's site for news
http://winxp.bink.nu/

gb
 
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