Hard drive problems

[kiepie]

Hi all

Have a 300GIG seagate IDE harddrive, but now it is only showing 128 GIG in windows, control panel, and if I want to format my pc.

What can I do to fix this??

Thanks

 

[Syndyre]

You need to create another partition on there, there's probably a lot of unpartitioned space. You can either use fdisk or a more graphical app like Partition Magic.

 

[kiepie]

In the "format menu" (where you install a fresh copy of xp) it shows 128 gig and 8 mb unpartitioned. Deleted everything on the HD and the unpartition space is 128GIG.

 

[Fudzy]

Google is your friend

http://www.google.co.za/search?q=300gb+drive+only+showing+as+128gb

 

[guang]

yes,you need sp2

 

[kiepie]

Going to install SP2 now, hope it works. Partition Magic doesn't show 300gb nly 128gb

 

[kiepie]

Thanks guys it worked,1) but what will happen if I should format again??

2) how did it happen in the first place

thanks all

 

[nihilist]

If you want to reinstall, you will need a Windows XP CD that has Service Pack 2 built in.

You can m ake your own legal XP install CD with SP2 built in, it's called slipstreaming.

And as the wise man here just said, Google is your friend.

 

[Shizzler]

It can be either one of two things:

1. Unpartitioned space

2. You need to update your BIOS

3. If it aint one of those two, kiss it goodbye

 

[bwana]

Thanks guys it worked,1) but what will happen if I should format again??

2) how did it happen in the first place

thanks all

Here are the slipstreaming instructions I followed recently when I was putting XP on my Mac - http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sp2_slipstream.asp

 

[scotty777]

you no it would be so funny if it was only like a 128gig harddrive