XP Pro setup not seeing partitions

[Jacob Gomez]

I just installed a new maxtor 120GB hard drive and I've
partitioned it into 2 60GB. When I run XP Pro(Full) setup,
it only shows 1 partition that is only 32GBs. I've tried
wiping the drive fully, but xp still shows only 32GBs on
the drive, can someone help me?

Thanks,
Jacob

 

[JAX]

Hi Jacob,

If you have partitioned the drive in FAT 32, 32 Gig's is the partition size
limit under XP's formatting. You can either choose more partitions, format
with a floppy to create larger FAT partitions or, go to NTFS for your
partitions. NTFS is the recommended file system for XP, unless you have
applications that need FAT.

HTH, JAX

 

[Guest]

That's the thing, all the partitions have been NTFS. XP
only let me do 32 gigs so I went to the drive's formating
software that was included, and did the two 60 Gig's in
NTFS.

 

[Guest]

Go to run,type:cmd
Then typeiskPart then type:list disk type:list volume
You should get an idea where its all at,however DiskPart can only work on
unallocated disk space in xp explorer,if such space exist,type:EXIT
Go back to run,type:diskmgmt.msc
R.click on the space,select,format or create a partition.This can be done in DiskPart,cmd,
if space exist,diskmgmt is just easier to use,if you boot to xp cd,recovery,DiskPart works
also,if you need help,type:HELP

 

[JAX]

Is the full drive size being recognized in the BIOS?

JAX

 

[Jacob Gomez]

Ah, didn't check that, it seems my bios thinks it's only
33GBs. Does this mean I have a bad drive? Or what should I
do to change it?

 

[JAX]

If your BIOS gives you the choice of "auto detect", or something to that
effect, take it. Otherwise, you will have to manually set all the
information.

HTH, JAX

 

[JAX]

Jacob, I am assuming your mother-board will handle that size drive. You need
to read the spec's on the MB to make sure. Most modern MB's will take it.

JAX