wd 200 gb problem

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Bruce Banner

I have a brand new WD Caviar 200gb hard drive that i picked up at the Cogan
Computer fair this past weekend . I installed on my PC & went to the bios &
it read 200 gb . I put in my Windows Xp Cd & booted up to start installing
windows xp. when i was getting ready to format i noticed that my hardrive
was not even close to what i saw in the bios. It read only 131 gb ...so mad
as all hell i rebooted again went to the bios .....it read 200gb.....went
foward with the xp installation ..again 131 gb....so i finished installing
Windows & got all the updates (service pack 2). Opened up my computer icon
check the harddrive space & it reads 126 gb. Can anybody tell me why i'm
not getting a full reading of my hardisk? My Dads 200 gb reads 189gb....so
his is ok.
 
R

Rick B

This newsgroup is for technical questions about building database files in
the Microsoft ACCESS application.

You are in the wrong newsgroup.
 
W

Wayne Morgan

As Rick said, this is the wrong newsgroup. However, the problem is that
WinXP didn't support 48 bit LBA until SP1, so you need a disk with SP1
already built-in. Another option is to install as you did but then use
partitioning software, such as Partition Magic, to resize the partition
after you've install the WinXP service packs.
 
B

Bruce Banner

sorry for posting in the wrong newsgroup and i apologize. i was so
frustrated with the situation i was in. Sorry Rick , and Wayne, Thanks for
the info.
 
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