Problem with 160gb hard drive

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137 gig limit - How to enable 48-bit Logical Block Addressing support for ATAPI disk drives in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;303013

At this point, for you, adding a second partition to the drive may be the only way. Starting over, per the article, would make one
big drive.

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Mark L. Ferguson (NOT an MS-MVP)
FAQ for MS Antispyware version 1.0.509
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
marfers notes for windows xp http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/chatNotes.htm
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"Icedragon" <Icedragon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2F258A5C-5A13-4A1F-9E98-CAB0D30B4B8E@microsoft.com...
> Hi
> Have new pc with 160gb Maxtor hd. 137gb recogised. Old version of xp pre
> sp1, have sp1 and 2 installed now. Also installed Maxtor Big Drive Enabler.
> In computer management recognises one drive of 152.66gb divided into 128gb
> ntfs - healthy (system) and 24.67gb unallocated. Right clicking on
> unallocated portion allows menu with "new partition" then decide between
> primary or extended partition.
> Does anyone know the procedure from here on in, considering that the rest of
> the drive is already populated with programs and I don't want to reformat?
>
> Cheers
> Icedragon
>