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Originally Posted by SirKenin
Do you have XP SP2? SP1 would only allow about 140GB, SP2 fixed that problem.
And StrangleHold is right, the 8MB is there by design.
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Bunk! The SP1 recovery disk used here on an old build saw a single primary go right onto a 250gb ide drive without problems. It created the 238.4gb actual primary as well as formatting it while installing Windows.
While a 1-8mb bit of drive space is only a mere drop in the bucket when seeing the capacities available on drives these days people ask how to see that small amount of unallocated drive space filled in. The free Linux drive tool GParted live for cd takes care of that easy enough. If you are seeing the can't install due to newer version GParted can delete the current partition and see a totally new one created. You then use the Disk Management to right click and choose the format option.