Partition format

Discussion in 'Software' started by mkstainton, Jan 28, 2007.

  1. mkstainton

    mkstainton Private E-2

    I purchased a 160 gig hard drive, installing WIN XP. After the installation, I only have 137 gig. I tried to delete the partition in order to re-intall figuring that I must have messed up the first installation some how. After deleting the partition, I and now only have a 165mb partition available when I go to install windows. The bios says that the drive in 137.5 gig. What can I do to get 160 gig out of this drive, how do I create the partition again, Win XP does not do it.
     
  2. Clark_Kent

    Clark_Kent MajorGeek

    Windows xp only support 137 GIGS hard drive.
    Windows xp SP1 up to 200 GIGS.
    Windows xp SP2 200 and up.

    So you have to sliptream your cd to service pack 1 or 2.

    Hope this help...
     
  3. Wavetar

    Wavetar Sergeant

    As far as recovering your hard drive in order to install XP again, download a Win98SE boot floppy & use FDISK to re-partition the drive. You can find the files for the boot floppy here:

    http://www.bootdisk.com/

    A link explaining slipstreaming SP2 into your current XP CD:

    http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm

    There's also a program called Autostreamer, which does most of the work for you...you just need to point it to the directories where the XP CD & SP2 reside.

    http://majorgeeks.com/AutoStreamer_d4444.html

    The fact your BIOS only recognizes 137GB may still give you problems. You may need to purchase an ATA-6 compliant PCI card for your hard drive.

    http://www.macdiscussion.com/article_show.php3?article_id_var=238
     
  4. augiedoggie

    augiedoggie The Canadian Loon - LocoAugie (R.I.P. 2012)

    You don't have to slipstream the SP, though it will reduce the total installation time by half or get it through updates whenever you format. Download the SP2 pack from here and use nlite to integrate both and then burn to a CD, that is if you have an XP CD and not a restore disk. It's a large file 266MB but you can also order it. HTH
     

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