vic Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 Alright i got a Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop that had no HD..so i bought a HD 40Gb slap it in installed win xp because that as the Original OS so booted from the CD DRIVE it took forever and i mean half a day to install! that didnt seem right and it takes forever for windows to get going and then the HD SAYS its only 4 or so gigs big and i have less that 2 of free space!!did i do something wrong? please help i will really appreciate it.ThanksVic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Boris Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 Alright i got a Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop that had no HD..so i bought a HD 40Gb slap it in installed win xp because that as the Original OS so booted from the CD DRIVE it took forever and i mean half a day to install! that didnt seem right and it takes forever for windows to get going and then the HD SAYS its only 4 or so gigs big and i have less that 2 of free space!!did i do something wrong? please help i will really appreciate it.ThanksVicDid you format the new H/D and create just a single 40GB partition during the XP install processs ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vic Posted May 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 Alright i got a Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop that had no HD..so i bought a HD 40Gb slap it in installed win xp because that as the Original OS so booted from the CD DRIVE it took forever and i mean half a day to install! that didnt seem right and it takes forever for windows to get going and then the HD SAYS its only 4 or so gigs big and i have less that 2 of free space!!did i do something wrong? please help i will really appreciate it.ThanksVicDid you format the new H/D and create just a single 40GB partition during the XP install processs ?I dont think so....what is that? and can you lead me i the right direction? thanksVic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 Try re-installing your XP following the detailed instructions in this guide :-/>http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/xp_home_install/xp_home_install_part1.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h4141 Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 Alright i got a Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop that had no HD..so i bought a HD 40Gb slap it in installed win xp because that as the Original OS so booted from the CD DRIVE it took forever and i mean half a day to install! that didnt seem right and it takes forever for windows to get going and then the HD SAYS its only 4 or so gigs big and i have less that 2 of free space!!did i do something wrong? please help i will really appreciate it.ThanksVicDell Inspiron 6000 laptop . update drivers. try it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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