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More info?)
Also, if you want a simple program that will do this all for you, you
can go here:
http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=49
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Nathan McNulty
DL wrote:
> Slipstream - creates an install disk, that includes latest SP
> google will give many hits
>
http://www.thetechguide.com/articles/slipstream.html an example refering to
> Win2K
> NB if yr installation disk is pre SP1, then you cannot use it to utilise the
> full size of yr hd in a single partition.
> You could, with a clean install create a 15gb partition for the o/s, then
> update it and partition format the remaing free space as required.
>
> "Andy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1e2e01c47ca3$12a87580$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>
>>Hi
>>
>>I'm not sure if Service Pack 1 is on the original XP
>>install disc that I have. It said it is the 2002
>>version. But the first thing I did when I booted up was
>>install all critical windows updates. So Service Pack 1
>>was/is installed now. And if I have to completely format
>>the drive in order for it to work, then oh well. I'll do
>>it. But I had an idea last night which I think will work.
>>My idea was to use Maxblast 3 to do a drive-to-drive copy
>>to my 40 GB HD. Which semi-worked. Pretty much all the
>>files copied over, except a few that were not required to
>>boot XP, but when I went to boot up thats when I ran into
>>problems, which I was half expecting. Let me explain.
>>See the reason I bought XP and a 200 GB was because about
>>a month ago my windows 98(on a 80 GB harddrive) got
>>registry errors and needed a format and clean install to
>>fix. So I installed windows 98 on my 40 GB harddrive in
>>the meantime until I could buy XP and a larger harddrive.
>>That worked for about two weeks until oneday it just
>>stopped booting up. It would either hang with a black
>>screen when loading up windows or it would say "Safe to
>>shutdown your computer" and then power down. I hope you
>>can follow that. So anyways, I formatted the 40 GB a few
>>times and Win98 and WinXP will not boot up, but I can copy
>>files to and from it. So it doesn't make sense to me.
>>Oh and the 127 GB is not a typo. Maxtor's site talks
>>about it either being 137 or 128, so I figure close enough.
>>Also, I'm not quite sure what a slipstream install is. If
>>someone could explain or point me to somewhere that
>>explains, please do. Well that is all I can think of to
>>say right now. Thanks for the suggestions and any help
>>towards fixing my 40 GB hd would be appreciated. I'm
>>hoping that is just some setting I messed up. Just a lot
>>of bad luck in the past few weeks!
>>
>>Andy
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>
>>>"Andy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>>
>>message
>>
>>>news:1c2901c47c33$91d04ba0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>>Hi
>>>>
>>>>I recently purchased a copy of Windows XP Home Edition
>>
>>and
>>
>>>>a Maxtor 200 GB harddrive. My motherboard(Asus A7v133)
>>>>detects it as a 189 Gb harddrive. (I know that it will
>>>>not say a full 200.) But Windows XP says it is 127 GB.
>>>>My BIOS are up to date and I downloaded the patch from
>>>>Maxtor that made it so XP could detect larger
>>
>>harddrives.
>>
>>>>If anyone knows a solution to this dilemma, any help
>>
>>would
>>
>>>>be appreciated. A fix without having to format would be
>>>>preferable. Well, thanks in advance!
>>>>
>>>>Andy
>>>
>>>Andy:
>>>I assume that you did not install SP1 when you originally
>>
>>installed Windows
>>
>>>XP. The actual capacity of your 200 GB hard drive is
>>
>>about 186 GB (in binary
>>
>>>terms). The 189 GB your BIOS is reporting is close
>>
>>enough. I note you state
>>
>>>Windows XP reports the capacity of your HD as 127 GB. I'm
>>
>>not sure if that's
>>
>>>a typo since the OS should be reporting 137 GB, assuming
>>
>>you installed XP
>>
>>>without SP1.
>>>
>>>Assuming, as you state, that the mainboard's BIOS
>>
>>supports large-capacity
>>
>>>drives, i.e., drives greater than 137 GB, the Windows XP
>>
>>OS (not including
>>
>>>SP1) will recognize a maximum capacity of 137 GB so that
>>
>>the maximum
>>
>>>partition one can create will be that size. Should the
>>
>>drive have a greater
>>
>>>capacity, the remaining disk space will not be recognized
>>
>>by the operating
>>
>>>system. If, however, the XP installation disk includes
>>
>>SP1, then the full
>>
>>>capacity of the disk will be recognized.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Again, assuming the mainboard's BIOS supports large-
>>
>>capacity drives, when
>>
>>>SP1 is subsequently installed, the full capacity of that
>>
>>drive greater than
>>
>>>137 GB will be recognized -- the 137 GB that was
>>
>>partitioned/formatted when
>>
>>>XP (less SP1) was installed; the remaining GB will be
>>
>>shown as "unallocated
>>
>>>space" -- space that you can subsequently
>>
>>partition/format using XP's Disk
>>
>>>Management utility. But note that it will be a second
>>
>>partition on the disk.
>>
>>>The only way to create a single 200 GB (actually, about
>>
>>186 GB) partition on
>>
>>>that disk in this situation would be through Partition
>>
>>Magic or similar
>>
>>>program.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>You do not need, nor, in my opinion, should you use the
>>
>>Maxtor Big Drive
>>
>>>Enabler software patch under the conditions that I've
>>
>>indicated above, i.e.,
>>
>>>your BIOS supports large-capacity disks and your XP OS
>>
>>includes SP1. These
>>
>>>so-called "overlay" programs seem to cause more user
>>
>>grief than they should
>>
>>>over the long-term. They seem certain to rise up
>>
>>and "bite" you at some
>>
>>>future date when, should the need arise, you have to
>>
>>repartition/reformat
>>
>>>your drive.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Art
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>.
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