XP Cannot See More Than 137GB

[Guest]

My early version of xp doesn't see more than 137gb on a larger 200gb hard
drive.
I'm replacing my hard drive and want to reinstall xp using one only
partition that is the capacity of the hard drive (-8) without creating
multiple partitions.

 

[Guest]

Install SP2 and you'll see the whole disk. By the way, it's very useful to have several partitions. For example, you may have one for storing data, another for storing videos... When you want to format, you only will have to format the partition on which XP is installed.

 

[null]

My early version of xp doesn't see more than 137gb on a larger 200gb hard
drive.
I'm replacing my hard drive and want to reinstall xp using one only
partition that is the capacity of the hard drive (-8) without creating
multiple partitions.

Look here:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303013

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[Gerry Cornell]

Jose

Doesn't it need to be formatted as NTFS rather than FAT32?

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Install SP2 and you'll see the whole disk. By the way, it's very useful
to have several partitions. For example, you may have one for storing
data, another for storing videos... When you want to format, you only
will have to format the partition on which XP is installed.

 

[Guest]

No, you don't need XP in NTFS for installing SP2. But, it's better tl install XP in NTFS. It's more secure.

 

[Ron Martell]

My early version of xp doesn't see more than 137gb on a larger 200gb hard
drive.
I'm replacing my hard drive and want to reinstall xp using one only
partition that is the capacity of the hard drive (-8) without creating
multiple partitions.

You have a couple of choices:

1. Install your existing XP version onto the hard drive using a 137
gb NTFS partition and then upgrade your XP to Service Pack 2. When
this is done you can use a partitioning utility such as Partition
Magic (Symantec) or BootItNG (www.bootitng) to enlarge the partition
to take up the full capacity of the drive.

or

2. Create a new XP install CD with SP2 slipstreamed into it as per
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sp2_slipstream.asp
http://www.helpwithwindows.com/WindowsXP/winxp-sp2-bootcd.html
http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=49
Then install XP using that CD on the empty new hard drive. It will
allow you to create the entire drive as an NTFS partition.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

 

[Alex Nichol]

My early version of xp doesn't see more than 137gb on a larger 200gb hard
drive.
I'm replacing my hard drive and want to reinstall xp using one only
partition that is the capacity of the hard drive (-8) without creating
multiple partitions.

I would not try to use such a disk as a single partition. It is much
too large - have system and programs in a modest one and the rest for
data, held separately and therefore (fairly) safe against crashing the
system partition

The initial setup program does not AFAIK deal in the needed 48 bit LBA.
Do a setup into say a 20 GB partition, then upgrade to a service pack
level (preferably run the SP2 CD straight off). Once that is done, go
to Control Panel - Admin Tools - Computer Management, select Disk
Management and look lower right for the graphic of the drive. R-click
Unallocated space and Create partition, which should then be able to use
all the rest of the drive

 

[Guest]

You have a couple of choices:

1. Install your existing XP version onto the hard drive using a 137
gb NTFS partition and then upgrade your XP to Service Pack 2. When
this is done you can use a partitioning utility such as Partition
Magic (Symantec) or BootItNG (www.bootitng) to enlarge the partition
to take up the full capacity of the drive.

or

2. Create a new XP install CD with SP2 slipstreamed into it as per
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sp2_slipstream.asp
http://www.helpwithwindows.com/WindowsXP/winxp-sp2-bootcd.html
http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=49
Then install XP using that CD on the empty new hard drive. It will
allow you to create the entire drive as an NTFS partition.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

Ron,

I was having trouble installing my WD 160GB HD. I read all these entries
and nothing seemed to work. Your suggestion worked for me. Installing the
SP1 or SP2 alone will not work. The Win XP installation CD must have either
one incorporated in Win XP CD. Slipstreaming seemed to work. So far I can
see all 158GB of my HD. But after installing my other software such as
Symantec, the PC started hanging. I read your entry again and just found out
that I should have emptied my darddrive first. I kept the file system
intact, I should have emptied the C drive. I will work on this as soon as I
get home from work. Thanks.

Drew