installing xp on hdd bigger than 130gb

abstractposer · 01-14-2008, 02:37 PM

can't you go to the command prompt and type in fdisk or something close to that and reformat the drive and just start the install over again?

newguy5 · 01-14-2008, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by abstractposer

can't you go to the command prompt and type in fdisk or something close to that and reformat the drive and just start the install over again?

1. my slipstream xp discs would not work; i made 2, they both failed at the same point.

2. my original xp disc is pre-sp1 so it will not ever recognize more than 137gb of the drive. doesn't matter how many times i reformat the rest of the drive is not accessible.

3. gpart is used for linux. i don't know why anyone suggested this tool. no wonder i used it, installed windows, and then it randomly filled up and i lost 50% of my drive. because it's typically used for linux it just makes sense there would be a compatability issue.

4. i solved the problem by using the slipstream disc to only partition the drive, then installed xp with my actual pre-sp1 disc because the drives were already split up to be <137gb

**mep916** · 01-14-2008, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by newguy5

gpart is used for linux. i don't know why anyone suggested this tool. no wonder i used it, installed windows, and then it randomly filled up and i lost 50% of my drive. because it's typically used for linux it just makes sense there would be a compatability issue.

I'm not sure why you had problems, but they weren't due to GParted. It's a partition management tool. The fact that it's used with Linux did not create any compatibility problems.

newguy5 · 01-14-2008, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by mep916

I'm not sure why you had problems, but they weren't due to GParted. It's a partition management tool. The fact that it's used with Linux did not create any compatibility problems.

i've read several instances where people had the same exact problems using windows xp. *shrug* could have simply been that i was using an old version of xp. could be the particular hard drive i have that doesn't like gparted. either way, it's a pretty common problem and like the moderator here said, you have to be careful using it while creating large partitions because you can have data loss, and that's exactly what i had.

imsati · 01-14-2008, 09:16 PM

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3. gpart is used for linux. i don't know why anyone suggested this tool. no wonder i used it, installed windows, and then it randomly filled up and i lost 50% of my drive. because it's typically used for linux it just makes sense there would be a compatability issue.

Uhhh...wrong. Gparted is an Open Source partition tool. It can be downloaded as a Live CD, therefore negating the need for an OS to run it under.

Download this link: http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...kage_id=173828, burn it a CD as a .iso file, reboot with the CD in your drive and boot to it via BIOS, partition however you desire. A general knowledge of how partitions work (primary, logical, extended) is recommended.

newguy5 · 01-14-2008, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by imsati

Uhhh...wrong. Gparted is an Open Source partition tool. It can be downloaded as a Live CD, therefore negating the need for an OS to run it under.

Download this link: http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...kage_id=173828, burn it a CD as a .iso file, reboot with the CD in your drive and boot to it via BIOS, partition however you desire. A general knowledge of how partitions work (primary, logical, extended) is recommended.

i've already done all of that. it does not work. it fills my hard drive unnecessarily. read cromewell's post, it says if you use gparted and install a lower version of sp1 xp then you can have data loss, and i had a lot. it simply didn't work in my circumstance.

imsati · 01-15-2008, 12:26 AM

I've for one never experienced that. As I mentioned in my previous Post, a general knowledge of how partitions work is advised before using Gparted. The program itself is very straight-forward, and is infinitely more powerful than any current Windows Partitioning Tool. Combined with SP1 (slipstreamed or installed afterwards), you should have no issues. Perhaps you should read a bit more into it.

I'm sorry if you disagree, but it is what it is.

Motoxrdude · 01-15-2008, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by newguy5

3. gpart is used for linux. i don't know why anyone suggested this tool. no wonder i used it, installed windows, and then it randomly filled up and i lost 50% of my drive. because it's typically used for linux it just makes sense there would be a compatability issue.

Doesnt matter, a partition is a partition.

newguy5 · 01-15-2008, 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by imsati

I've for one never experienced that. As I mentioned in my previous Post, a general knowledge of how partitions work is advised before using Gparted. The program itself is very straight-forward, and is infinitely more powerful than any current Windows Partitioning Tool. Combined with SP1 (slipstreamed or installed afterwards), you should have no issues. Perhaps you should read a bit more into it.

I'm sorry if you disagree, but it is what it is.

i don't have a disc with sp1, and the 2 slipstream discs i created both failed at the same point. so back to what cromewell said, if you don't have sp1 then you may experience problems with gparted, which i did.

**Cromewell** · 01-15-2008, 06:32 AM

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Combined with SP1 (slipstreamed or installed afterwards), you should have no issues

With an SP1 or later installation disk you're right, almost every time it would be fine but unfortunately in this case we don't have that.

Another solution you could try: Install XP, make a small partition for it. Upgrade to SP1 or preferably SP2 then use GParted to resize the partition to the full disk.

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abstractposer New Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 19 Posts: 24	can't you go to the command prompt and type in fdisk or something close to that and reformat the drive and just start the install over again?