New 200 GB Seagate only showing as 130 GB??

[akassasin]

Just got my harddirve in the mail today and when installing windows XP it only shows up as one 130 GB partition. Anyone know why this is? Its an old version of XP (pre SP1).

thanks for any help

 

[amol]

You explained it yourself 😛

Pre-SP1 Windows XP can only recognize drives upto 137GB, which is 130GB after formatting.

Best bet it to upgrade XP.

Oh and btw, this belongs in Operating Systems 😉🙂

 

[generallee01]

he needs to install the mobo drivers during xp installation

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: generallee01
he needs to install the mobo drivers during xp installation

Nope, setup recognized the hard drive, just not the full capacity.

Amol is right. You need SP1 or greater. My recommendation is to slipstream SP2 onto your XP setup CD and install Windows with that. A slipstreamed setup disc will recognize the full capacity of your hard drive, and you will also benefit from a semi-patched machine upon first boot up (protecting you from pre-SP2 worms and saving you time in updating).

 

[akassasin]

I updated to SP2 and it still shows as 137 GB under the drive's properties.
is there some way to refresh it?

 

[KoolDrew]

Is there any unallocated space when you go to Control Panel > Administrive Tools > Computer Management > Disk Management?

 

[akassasin]

Yes, 58 GB there.

 

[KoolDrew]

You will need to resize the partition using something like Partition magic. I do not know of any free tools capable of resizing NTFS partitions.

 

[akassasin]

umm, i didnt realize i was going to have to be buying extra software to utilize my harddrive.. is there any other way?

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: akassasin
umm, i didnt realize i was going to have to be buying extra software to utilize my harddrive.. is there any other way?

Thats already been answered. Install with a version of XP with the SP already slipstreamed in.

 

[KoolDrew]

Here is a guide on how to slipstream SP2 if you need help.

 

[Nothinman]

umm, i didnt realize i was going to have to be buying extra software to utilize my harddrive.. is there any other way?

Delete the 130G partition and create a new one encompassing the entire drive?

 

[bsobel]

Kinda hard to do on your boot partition....

 

[Nothinman]

Guess I'll actually read the OP before posting myself next time =)