Hard Disk Size

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Format the drive NTFS.

The Windows XP CD is bootable and contains all the tools necessary
to partition and format your drive. Follow this procedure and allow
Windows XP to partition and format your drive:

NOTE: It would be best to physically disconnect all your peripheral hardware
devices, except the monitor, mouse and keyboard, before installing XP.

NOTE: If you have an internal Zip Drive installed, physically disconnect the
EIDE and power cable to it before proceeding, otherwise your main
hard drive may not be assigned the customary C: drive letter.
After installing Windows XP, you may then reconnect it.

1. Open your BIOS and set your "CD Drive as the first bootable device".

===> Accessing Motherboard BIOS
===> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ [...] cturer.htm

2. Insert your Windows XP CD in the CD Drive and reboot your computer.
3. You'll see a message to boot to the CD....follow the instructions.
4. The setup menu will appear and you should elect to delete all the existing
Windows partitions, then create a new partition, then format the primary
partition (preferably NTFS) and proceed to install Windows XP.

5. Clean Install Windows XP
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

[Courtesy of Michael Stevens, MS-MVP]

6. ==> Immediately after installing Windows XP, turn on XP's Firewall.
==> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/se [...] fault.mspx

7. After Windows XP is installed, visit the Windows Update website
and download the available "Critical Updates".

8. After installing the critical updates, be sure and visit the support website
of the manufacturer of the computer to download and install any
available Windows XP compatible drivers, such as video adapter
and audio drivers.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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"pradyuthal" wrote:

| I have Pentium 4 Processor on Intel 915 Motherboard. Whenever I tried
| to format for installing Windows XP Pro my 40 GB Seagate Hard Disk is
| always displayed as 33 GB.

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

33GB just don't jive. Try again with your post.

"pradyuthal" <ksh_lotus2@sancharnet-dot-in.no-spam.invalid> wrote in message
news:W-ydnYMl9ux7gbveRVn_vA@giganews.com...
> I have Pentium 4 Processor on Intel 915 Motherboard. Whenever I tried
> to format for installing Windows XP Pro my 40 GB Seagate Hard Disk is
> always displayed as 33 GB.
>