Service Pack 2 and large disk support.

[Azraelot]

I'm sorry because I get the sense that this will be a total noob question, but this is my first install in a few years. I installed XP onto a SATA drive as my boot drive. It shows up as 137 gigs, obviously. Now I've installed SP2, but it's still registering as 137 gigs. Is there anything I can do to open up the rest of the space on the drive? Or will I have to make some partitions?

[Dew]

Integrate SP2 into your install disc (nlite works great for this) and start over.

Or, you can use something like ghost to resize the partition.

[Azraelot]

Thanks for the suggestions. As it turns out, I just opened up disk management and the rest of the drive was there to be made into a new partition. I love it when a plan comes together.

Oh, and every time I see this newegg college ad pop up on the top of the screen and look at it while I'm typing here, I keep thinking the kid is Fonzie.

[Domingo]

There are also programs to merge partitions, too. Partition Magic definitely works...although the stuff on my 2nd drive didn't transfer over very well. Still, I like having only one drive and I was in the exact same position only a week ago.