Missing harddrive space

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You need to install the service packs (1 or 2) to get 48-bit lba in order to
see the full size of the drives.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
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Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"confused" <kartiknagpal@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:5456a172.0503311819.45ff02d4@posting.google.com...
> Hi,
>
> I just got a new PC with a 250gb harddrive from Maxtor. In the BIOS
> the Asus board detects it as a 250gb drive but i just installed winXP
> Pro with no service pack and it says that the HD size is only 191gb
> and after the install of the OS it say that only 125gb is left.. I
> find it hard to belive that winXP will take up over 65gb.
>
> Please help.
>
> thank you