Lost space...

[extreme4377]

Well I popped my 160GB IDE drive into my system tonight and formatted using WinXP Pro disc and NTFS but it showed up as 125GB w/25GB of used space. I knew it was wrong because I had just formatted and only installed XP so I formatted using NTFS again and now I only have 127GB and still some used space thats unaccounted for. Whats the deal? The drive worked perfectly in the external casing but when I pop it inside the case, it bugs out.

Ive tried different cables, different jumper settings, different IDE ports on the mobo. Whats up?

Thanks!

 

[rodsfree]

Is your WinXP disk the orginal rev or have you slippedstreamed SP2 into it?

I think that the orginal release wouldn't pass the 137GB barrier - I could be wrong though.

 

[AMD[H]unter]

Go ahead and install windows and then go into Disk Manager and partition that extra space when you are done installing windows.

 

[Vertigo Acid]

Is your WinXP disk the orginal rev or have you slippedstreamed SP2 into it?

I think that the orginal release wouldn't pass the 137GB barrier - I could be wrong though.

Yep, you need SP1 or higher to get back your free space

 

[extreme4377]

I slipstreamed SP2 into my XP install and its all there, thanks guys. Sorry for being a dumby

 

[Rembrandt]

You are not a dumby! We were all there at one time. Stay with use and you will learn a whole lot more.

 

[extreme4377]

thanks man, appreciate it.