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Just installed a 160.7Gb disk - Installed XP Pro but that displays
total disk size as 128GB.

What has happened to the rest of my drive? I expected a small size
differential but not 32Gb!

Thanks

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Check your motherboard or computer manufacturer's User's Guide
and find how large a hard drive your motherboard is designed to support.

Windows XP Does Not Recognize All Available Disk Space
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;316505

How to Enable 48-bit Logical Block Addressing Support for ATAPI Disk Drives in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] duct=winxp


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| Just installed a 160.7Gb disk - Installed XP Pro but that displays
| total disk size as 128GB.
|
| What has happened to the rest of my drive? I expected a small size
| differential but not 32Gb!
|
| Thanks

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