windows xp misstates hhd size

[lrmat]

i just built my new rig (it's at work running prime95 overnight).

i couldn't slipstream winxppro with sp2 so i did the next best thing, i installed winxp then sp2 which i copied to a cd.

i think my version of xp was pre sp1 and didn't read my 200gig sata drive (which by the way installed without a hitch, asus k8n-e motherboard) anyway how do i get xp to "see" the 200gigs and not 137gigs it currently "sees"?

 

[lrmat]

anybody?

 

[lrmat]

people, i've tried searching the forums and maybe i'm wording it wrong but i'm not finding the info and i know i've seen the solution here before........ please help.

 

[MrChad]

You need at least SP1 in order for Windows to recognize the full capacity of your drive. What problems did you have slipstreaming SP2 on your XP CD?

 

[araczynski]

yeah, you'll need SP1, plus you might have to run a utility from the manufacturer of the drive. my seagate 160 was seen as a 137 as well, even after sp1, so had to run their little utlity in dos mode (and reformat the drive) to get it to be recognized fully. my maxtor 160 was the same actually.

 

[gpgofast]

I've installed both a 160 and 200 GB PATA drives recently with no problems with SP2. Have you flashed your BIOS to the most current??? Windows should handle them with no problems. GP

 

[gpgofast]

Maybe Acronis partion magic to find the extra space. If it was mine, I would slipstream SP2 and reinstall XP. GP

 

[lrmat]

the bios sees the full capacity of the drive, do i have to lose everything on the drive to recover the lost space? if i slipstream xppro with sp2 can i just install ontop of my present installation?

 

[imported_jediknight]

Did you check that WinXP doesn't see the extra space by using disk management (my computer-> manage -> storage -> disk management) ? Or just by what My Computer/Windows Explorer tells you?

If the latter, check out what disk management says. It might be possible that Windows recognizes the space.. but you just havn't formatted it for use.

 

[lrmat]

jediknight, you are right disk management sees the missing 67gigs as unallocated. my next question is, how do i incorporate my unallocated space?

 

[bacillus]

Originally posted by: lrmat
the bios sees the full capacity of the drive, do i have to lose everything on the drive to recover the lost space? if i slipstream xppro with sp2 can i just install ontop of my present installation?

no you can use partition magic to merge the unallocated space with your formatted partition.

 

[lrmat]

is partition magic free? and if not is there some free program perhaps even from maxtor that can remedy this? (the maxtor is an oem drive)

 

[dc5]

there's probably a 30-day free trial on partition magic. look on their website.

 

[lrmat]

there is no 30-day trial, what are my options?

 

[butch84]

buy it, or backup your data and reformat and reinstall.... when winxp is setting up, delete the partition entirely and then make a new one that uses all the drivespace..... thast about it..

OR, you could just make another partition out of the extra space, thereby leaving your existing partition intact and giving you a new 67 gig partition.

good luck

 

[zephyrprime]

Your install of windows can already see the rest of the space now that sp2 is on there but the problem is, your partition table was set up by a pre SP1 version of windows so it's table will only be 137 regardless of what version of windows is on there. You need to make a new partition one way or another and that'll mean some sort of reformatting.

 

[butch84]

no, if you just make another partition out of the extra space, your original 137gb partition will remain intact.. that does NOT involve a format of your data.