size problem ! lol DON"T SAY IT !!!

[RealMentalCase]

i just finished putting everything togther and installed XP
on the HD ( WD sata 200gig) and in the HD properties it says capacity is 127 gig's
and i didn't set up any special partitions !!!

is it a jumper problem or what ?

I thought the jumper setting it didn't matter on a sata :confused:

Here's what i got

Abit IC7-G MAX 2
P4 3.0E 800mhz 1mb
2x512/3200 corsair xms
Antec Neo Power 480 watt

[Kil4Thril]

Sounds like you don't have the WinXP service packs installed yet.

[RealMentalCase]

nope ! i got service pack 2 installed

[compslckr]

i believe that is a jumper configuration problem, or having a feature in your bios disabled or something.

i would first try all the other jumper settings, there are only 4 possiably ways to do it, so just try all of them

[RealMentalCase]

does the jumper setting change the size on a sata HD ?

[Daynja]

If you install windows XP without the service pack it will make a 137GB partition. Now that you have the service pack and it can recognize more than 137GB, you have to use a program, such as partition magic to change the size of the partition to the size of the hard drive.

[RealMentalCase]

i won't lose anything using partition magic ?

[Daynja]

No, just make sure you're resizing the existing partition. Sorry, I don't remember the exact procedure using partition magic. But this is what I did to overcome this problem and it worked fine.

[echow87]

nope, just open up program and resize the partition size that was made on the hd.....

[RealMentalCase]

cool thanks guys !!! :)

i just pushed it to 186gigs

ahhhhhhhh MONGO HAPPY !!! :p

[Daynja]

The size of your hard drive. Resize the partition to as big as it can be.