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>> > "Kevin" <Kevin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:250EBBAD-1023-4E95-86E0-676D41E78920@microsoft.com...
>> >>I just installed a 200 GB hard drive into my computer. I formatted it
>> >>using
>> >> the Windows XP Pro. installer and I also installed the OS. After
>> >> windows
>> >> was
>> >> installed I went to the drive properties for my new drive (C
and the
>> >> properties box said that there was only 127 GB of space on the drive.
>> >> After I
>> >> went further into the properties I found that there was about 60 GB of
>> >> unallocated space. I know that the other 10 GB went to the formatting
>> >> of
>> >> the
>> >> drive. How can I convert this unallocated space into usable space. I
>> >> dont
>> >> want to loose 60 GB of space that I paid for!!! I dont want to have to
>> >> reformatt, but I will.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for any help!!!
>>
>>
>> "R. C. White" <rc@corridor.net> wrote in message
>> news:OkfFJtdQFHA.3716@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> > Hi, Kevin.
>> >
>> > Depending on the age of your computer and BIOS (which you didn't tell
>> > us),
>> > you may be hitting the 48-bit LBA barrier. You need this to access HDs
>> > larger than about 137 GB.
>> >
>> > This reference is a couple of years old now, but it explains the
>> > problem
>> > and how to upgrade your system to fix it:
>> >
http://www.maxtor.com/portal/site/Maxtor/menuitem.f9b9cdc332b9a3a0cade4ce191346068/?channelpath=/en_us/Technologies/Big%20Drives
>> >
>> > For much more information, Google for "big drives".
>> >
>> > Once you get the platform under control, use Disk Management
>> > (diskmgmt.msc) to create one or more partitions and format them.
>> >
>> > RC
>> > --
>> > R. C. White, CPA
>> > San Marcos, TX
>> > rc@corridor.net
>> > Microsoft Windows MVP
> "Anna" wrote:
>> Kevin:
>> One quick question and then, depending upon your answer we'll go into
>> this a
>> little deeper...
>> Does your XP operating system include SP1 and/or SP2?
>> Anna
"Kevin" <Kevin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A022A0B8-5CA7-44CF-B88C-3DF9B8737257@microsoft.com...
>I have XP Pro that did not come with any service packs. I did just install
> both Service Packs 1 and 2 today. My computer is brand new and the BIOS
> are
> the most recent that the mother board company makes.
>
> Thanks!!!
Kevin:
The fact that SP1 and/or SP2 wasn't installed at the time you installed your
200 GB HD is the problem. (I'm assuming your motherboard's BIOS recognizes
large-capacity disks, i.e., disks > 137 GB. Virtually all MBs manufactured
during at least the past three years do.)
When you install SP2 (or SP1), the full capacity of your 200 GB disk will be
recognized (the system will actually recognize about 186 GB, the difference
between the advertised capacity and the way the system computes disk
capacity), however, the disk space above the current 127 GB will be
reflected as "unallocated space", disk space that you can partition and
format in XP's Disk Management utility (Start > right-click My Computer >
Manage > Computer Management > Disk Management).
Note that this means you will have a minimum of two partitions. Since many,
if not most, users prefer to multi-partition their large drives anyway, this
might not be a problem for you. However, if you want *only* a single
partition for your 200 GB (186 GB approx) drive, you will need a third-party
program such as Partition Magic to merge the partitions into a single
partition.
Anna
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