B betrayal Distinguished Oct 20, 2006 4 0 18,510 Oct 20, 2006 #1 I am having a problem where i only get 127gb of hard drive space instead of 300gb. i am running windows pro sp1 right now is there a way so that i can get the full capacity of the hard drive?
I am having a problem where i only get 127gb of hard drive space instead of 300gb. i am running windows pro sp1 right now is there a way so that i can get the full capacity of the hard drive?
RichPLS Champion Aug 24, 2004 15,886 0 50,780 Oct 20, 2006 #2 iirc, you need SP2 to recognize larger drives... What I did was slipstream myself a SP2 XP install disk...
iirc, you need SP2 to recognize larger drives... What I did was slipstream myself a SP2 XP install disk...
B betrayal Distinguished Oct 20, 2006 4 0 18,510 Oct 20, 2006 #3 so all i have to do is install sp2 and it should show 300gb? that easy?
RichPLS Champion Aug 24, 2004 15,886 0 50,780 Oct 20, 2006 #4 Not if it was partitioned on install... if so, then you will need to either reinstall with a slipstreamed XP-SP2 CD, borrow one, or use a partition resizing utility to resize partition after you upgrade to SP2.
Not if it was partitioned on install... if so, then you will need to either reinstall with a slipstreamed XP-SP2 CD, borrow one, or use a partition resizing utility to resize partition after you upgrade to SP2.
RichPLS Champion Aug 24, 2004 15,886 0 50,780 Oct 20, 2006 #5 Unless it is not a boot drive, then you could copy data to another drive, and simply reformat, then copy data back to drive...
Unless it is not a boot drive, then you could copy data to another drive, and simply reformat, then copy data back to drive...
B betrayal Distinguished Oct 20, 2006 4 0 18,510 Oct 20, 2006 #6 i just installed sp2 with a slipstreamed xp-sp2 cd and its still not at 300gb
B betrayal Distinguished Oct 20, 2006 4 0 18,510 Oct 20, 2006 #7 eh i got it i didnt have my jumper on the hard drive