help, reinstalled xp now have hd capacity issues

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lunercrab

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ok so i have a custom built pc, that i had for about 1.5 years...i recently decided to reformat my hd and reinstall a fresh xp copy...well i have a gigabyte p35 mobo and a seagate 500gig drive, well after the fresh xp installed (all packs upto service pack 3), and now i'm having that stupid 127 gig recognized only issue...i had no problem before with my setup seeing all 500 gigs, so i'm wondering if i maybe did something wrong with the reinstall...i've updated i believe all my drivers and bios...did i maybe screw something up when i reformatted? any way i can get this thing to re-recognize the whole 500 gigs? thanks
 
May be, u have left the space as unallocated when formatting.
Right Click My computer->Manage-> disk management.

How much it shows there??
 
Its the orginal XP limit on harddrive space. If you have SP3 installed now, in disk management the extra space should show up. Just need to partition and format it. If you dont want two partitions use a 3rd. party tool to merge the partitions. Or just Slipstream SP3 to your XP cd using nLite and reinstall.
 
StrangleHold said:
Its the orginal XP limit on harddrive space. If you have SP3 installed now, in disk management the extra space should show up. Just need to partition and format it. If you dont want two partitions use a 3rd. party tool to merge the partitions. Or just Slipstream SP3 to your XP cd using nLite and reinstall.
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yeah it shows up in there, what type of 3rd party tool do you suggest to merge the partitions together, i personally prefer to have only one partition if possible...thing is my windows disc is old, if i were to say reformat and reinstall xp again with a new disc (say sp2 or sp3) already on the disc, would that fix the problem as well?
 
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StrangleHold said:
All you have to do, if you have a burner. Is download SP3 and save it to a folder, download and install nLite. nLite will make a folder and copy your XP cd into it. Then it will merge SP3 into it into another folder as a ISO. Then you just burn the ISO and you have a bootable XP cd with SP3 included.

nLite is pretty self explanatory as you run it.

http://www.microsoft.com/DownLoads/...a8-5e76-401f-be08-1e1555d4f3d4&displaylang=en

http://www.nliteos.com/
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thanks i'll have to try that...um quick question though, when i reinstall windows again, what do i do, do i just delete all partitions with the fresh install correct?
 
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