XP does not give full disk capacity when formatting.

[Guest]

Just got a new computer with 300 Gb SATA disk & XP Pro x64 loaded. Found that
several programmes and cable modem would not work with x64, so tried to
reinstall XP Pro (32 bit). When formatting drive, it gives capacity as only
131060 Mb. How can I get XP to recognise full 300 Gb?? Tried several times
but always same result.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Why can I only see 127 to 137 GBytes of my 160 GB drive in Windows XP?
http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/faq/137_winxp.html

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| Just got a new computer with 300 Gb SATA disk & XP Pro x64 loaded. Found that
| several programmes and cable modem would not work with x64, so tried to
| reinstall XP Pro (32 bit). When formatting drive, it gives capacity as only
| 131060 Mb. How can I get XP to recognise full 300 Gb?? Tried several times
| but always same result.

 

[Guest]

Many thanks. Was not aware of that & could find no mention of anything before
I started. Now "seeing" full capacity.