Sir_Siddy Posted October 9, 2005 Report Share Posted October 9, 2005 Hey guys its been a while since I posted. My old harddrive died and I just got a new one. Its a Maxtor 250GB 6L250S0. I just installed windows on this computer and its reading that my drive only has 130 GB. Could this be a problem with my motherboard. My motherboard is a DFI Lanparty UT nf3 250 GB. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Parrotgeek7 Posted October 9, 2005 Report Share Posted October 9, 2005 Install sp1, that should solve your problem. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir_Siddy Posted October 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2005 Ok good im installing sp2. Im happy its something as simple as that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir_Siddy Posted October 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2005 Nope wait i just finished installing SP2 and it still shows that i have 130GB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aluvus Posted October 9, 2005 Report Share Posted October 9, 2005 Go into Disk Management and partition the unallocated space.As here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted October 9, 2005 Report Share Posted October 9, 2005 I have never had to use disk managment, I used to have a 200 gb in my system. I think I just put it in and, r-clicked, and chose format. Just curious, why does he need to do it that way? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aluvus Posted October 9, 2005 Report Share Posted October 9, 2005 I have never had to use disk managment, I used to have a 200 gb in my system. I think I just put it in and, r-clicked, and chose format. Just curious, why does he need to do it that way?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>If it's the drive Windows is installed on, Windows won't allow a simple format.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir_Siddy Posted October 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2005 It is the drive windows is installed on. And anyway while installing WinXP it told me I only had 130 GB or so. My system cannot see the rest of the drive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete_C Posted October 9, 2005 Report Share Posted October 9, 2005 It is the drive windows is installed on. And anyway while installing WinXP it told me I only had 130 GB or so. My system cannot see the rest of the drive.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>That is why you need to go to disk management and partition the rest of the drive.XP without the service packs, cannot see the entire drive, it has a 137 GB limit.http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/faq/137_winxp.htmlWindows XP manufactured prior to August 2002 has a native limitation of 137GB supporting ATA interface disc drives. In this configuration WinXP will not create partitions greater than 137GB until after the Service Pack is installed and registry bit EnableBigLBA is set to 1.Thus when you partitioned it to install XP, you created one 137GB partition (which shows as 130GB after you take into account the digital/binary ratio) and the rest is unallocated space.You will have to create a second partition. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir_Siddy Posted October 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 hehe yea i didnt see that the last time i looked. Thanks again I got it now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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