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More info?)
And I just finished finding a possible remedy for making sure you had USB
support for your external CDROM <g>.......well, I'll just write it up and
save it into my archive of help files.
It almost sounds like you've run up against WIN98's "old fdisk" drive size
limitation.
If you go into Disk Management (Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Computer
Management>expand Storage in left pane>Disk Management), in the lower pane
on the right, does it show the remaining 65G as unallocated or unpartitioned
space? If so, you would need to use a third-party partitioning utility in
order to resize the XP partition to incorporate the remaining
unallocated/unpartitioned space without destroying data that is currently on
the XP partition. One such utility, which has a full-featured free trial
download, is BootITNG:
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html
I would highly recommend reading the Manual (requires Acrobat Reader) before
using the product:
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/downloads/bootitng.pdf
As I have never used it (I use Partition Magic when necessary), I cannot
give you a walkthrough for installing it and using it to resize the
partition.
Another option, though you'd lose your current data, is to rerun Setup, and
when you get to step 10b at Michael Stevens website, ensure that the
unallocated/unpartitioned space on which you're choosing to create the new
partition is 80G (or approximately, 80,000MB).
Regards,
--
Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
"Justin Ashlock" <JustinAshlock@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Patti -- thanks alot for your advice -- apparently I was alittle hasty in
my
> determination that my original Dell internal CD-ROM wasn't working -- it's
> just not working very well (or quickly, to be accurate) -- I succeeded in
> reinstalling XP and followed, I thought, the directions regarding
formatting
> in step 10b at Michael Stevens website, but now my C drive, under disk
> properties, is only 15G and I can't find the other 65G to reformat as I
> understood I would be able to according to the previously mentioned step
10b
> -- how can I reaccess that other 65G of disk space?
>
> "Patti MacLeod" wrote:
>
> > Hi Justin,
> >
> > You can delete the current partition, then create a new one and format
it
> > during Setup....see step #10b here:
> >
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
> > I would highly recommend that you read that page in its entirety before
> > commencing the reinstall of XP.
> >
> > If you have an "always on" connection to the internet (eg., cable),
before
> > you perform the install, ensure that the modem is unplugged from the
> > computer, as Blaster or Sasser worm attacks may occur during the network
> > setup portion of the install. If Service Pack 2 is included in the
version
> > of XP Pro that you are installing, that Service Pack contains the
critical
> > updates that protect against Blaster and Sasser. If Service Pack 2 is
NOT
> > included, before you connect to the internet, enable the Internet
Connection
> > Firewall before connecting:
> >
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=283673
> >
> > Once you have the Internet Connection Firewall enabled and have
connected to
> > the internet, either download and install SP2 from Windows Update or, at
the
> > very least, install the separate critical patches:
> >
> > Blaster
> >
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5fa055ae-a1ba-4d4a-b424-95d32cfc8cba&DisplayLang=en
> >
> > Sasser
> >
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3549EA9E-DA3F-43B9-A4F1-AF243B6168F3&displaylang=en
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > --
> > Patti MacLeod
> > Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
> >
> > "Justin Ashlock" <JustinAshlock@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
> > news:BE7CBF3F-4294-4096-925D-DA3C3DD2E7C1@microsoft.com...
> > > With the help and advice of some considerate people in this group,
I've
> > > decided to reformat my hard drive and reinstall Windows XP Home from
the
> > OEM
> > > CD. I need to know whether to reformat first -- using either XP tools
or
> > > command prompts -- or will the reinstallation setup (booting from the
CD)
> > > allow me the option of reformatting before reinstallation.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance from those of us who come here to ask the questions
to
> > > those of you who come here to answer them.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >