stevenoc Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 Hello,I bought a new hard drive....a Western Digital 320gb ATA/100.I formatted it thru Windows XP setup but it won't recognize the entire size. It will only recognize 130 gb or so.I tried searching the forums but couldn't find any answers. Does anybody know what I can do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 This used to be a problem with WXP before the issue of the Service Packs.Is your system up to date with SP2 and all the subsequent updates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenoc Posted January 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 No, not yet. I'm doing a fresh install of windows XP and haven't applied all the service packs yet. I have an old copy of Windows XP..when it first came out so no built in service packs.I've already got Windows XP installed. Do you think if I applied the service packs it will recognize the new hard drive size? Not sure what to do.Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 If you have a genuine Windows XP install disk (not OEM), then you could make an SP2 disk. See this old article how to slipstream an SP2 install disk. (Of course you'll need to do this on another computer.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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