Impr3ssiv3
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im tryign to setup Windows and when i get to the setup part i see a Unpartitioned space of 131069MB but my SATA is 250GB
where has it gone
where has it gone
250GB SATA not all there
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fade2green514
Active Member
its your windows disc.
the cd doesnt have SP2 on it does it? thats because they added compatibility with higher than 127gb hard drives with sp1 or 2.. i dont know which one it was with but my disc has the same problem...
you should be able to update windows and then format the rest of the drive... ultimately having two partitions on one drive. if you don't want to do that then you'll have to format the drive with another computer, or use a smaller drive as your system drive.
what i did was i put windows on a smaller drive something like 20gb and i then proceeded to update that windows, until it let me reformat the drives bigger than 127gb... went into drives manager and formatted my drives that are bigger than 127gb... then i could put windows on whatever drive i wanted without reformatting using the windows disc.
the cd doesnt have SP2 on it does it? thats because they added compatibility with higher than 127gb hard drives with sp1 or 2.. i dont know which one it was with but my disc has the same problem...
you should be able to update windows and then format the rest of the drive... ultimately having two partitions on one drive. if you don't want to do that then you'll have to format the drive with another computer, or use a smaller drive as your system drive.
what i did was i put windows on a smaller drive something like 20gb and i then proceeded to update that windows, until it let me reformat the drives bigger than 127gb... went into drives manager and formatted my drives that are bigger than 127gb... then i could put windows on whatever drive i wanted without reformatting using the windows disc.
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codeman0013
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Is it service pack2? if its a sp1 disk it will not recognize anything that size?
Impr3ssiv3
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well im getting 2 different answers about sp1 and sp2 have no limit and now sp1 does have a limit
wats wrong
how do i find out whats on my disc
wats wrong
how do i find out whats on my disc
codeman0013
Active Member
We need to the the_other_one in on this he knows pre sp2 can only support up to like 120gigs or something sp2 is what you need if the cd if a oem cd it should say on it what version it is look and see into it
Impr3ssiv3
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where on the cd does it say wats on it
fade2green514
Active Member
either way, its the cd thats the problem. 99.9% of the time with this error, the windows disc is the problem.
Impr3ssiv3
New Member
well its the only disc i have and it Home Edition
everytime i install it i get SP1 i think
but how do you slipstream
everytime i install it i get SP1 i think
but how do you slipstream