Windows XP not seeing all 200gb of new drive

Jenny · 07-21-2004, 01:54 AM

Help! I have a Dell PowerEdge 400SC (that I bought through a deal on here months ago). I had a 160gb drive that quickly started going bad a few weeks ago, so I just got a 200gb WesternDigital drive (again, through a deal here from TigerDirect

). Problem is, WinXP is only reading about 130gb of it! I know WinXP has some problems reading some bigger drives. What can I do??

Thanks in advance!

Jenny

Jeffbx · 07-21-2004, 05:09 AM

Are you running XP SP1? I remember somewhere in the back of my head that SP1 fixes such problems...

DarkFury · 07-21-2004, 07:08 AM

Did you go into your "Drive Management" area to see if the drive is recognized there?

If not, then I'd start there as far as making sure that the rest of the drive is recognized... Also, if that doesn't work, then if you have a copy of PartitionMagic 7.0 or higher, then you'd be able to access that area that way as well.

Personally, I wouldn't recommend running the O/S on the full 200GB drive... I'd partition about 30 - 40 GBs of it for the O/S and then leave the rest for storage under a different drive letter. This will help big time when it comes to saving your data if by chance your O/S gets corrupted in the future.

Jenny · 07-21-2004, 04:45 PM

Ok cool. Partition Magic saw the unpartitioned space so then I just made it into a partition and then merged them.

so it's seeing 186gb, which works for me.

Thx

DarkFury · 07-21-2004, 06:52 PM

Yay!!!!

PartitionMagic is "Da Bomb".

07-21-2004, 01:54 AM	#1
Jenny Chief of Naval Operations Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Kansas City area Posts: 10,947	Windows XP not seeing all 200gb of new drive Help! I have a Dell PowerEdge 400SC (that I bought through a deal on here months ago). I had a 160gb drive that quickly started going bad a few weeks ago, so I just got a 200gb WesternDigital drive (again, through a deal here from TigerDirect ). Problem is, WinXP is only reading about 130gb of it! I know WinXP has some problems reading some bigger drives. What can I do?? Thanks in advance! Jenny __________________ Check out my spoilers for over 20 shows @ SpoilerFix.com Check out my TV blog, where I post weekly & daily TV schedules, TV news, interviews with TV stars & more! All new TV forums as well @ TV Is My Pacifier

07-21-2004, 07:08 AM	#3
DarkFury Secretary of the Navy Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Chillin' N Da 'Hood Posts: 34,997	Did you go into your "Drive Management" area to see if the drive is recognized there? If not, then I'd start there as far as making sure that the rest of the drive is recognized... Also, if that doesn't work, then if you have a copy of PartitionMagic 7.0 or higher, then you'd be able to access that area that way as well. Personally, I wouldn't recommend running the O/S on the full 200GB drive... I'd partition about 30 - 40 GBs of it for the O/S and then leave the rest for storage under a different drive letter. This will help big time when it comes to saving your data if by chance your O/S gets corrupted in the future. __________________ DarkFury's Pimptopia - Don't Hate the Playa, Hate the Game! Home of the Original OG Pimp (accept NO imitations)

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07-21-2004, 05:09 AM	#2
Jeffbx Fleet Admiral Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Michigan Posts: 9,390	Are you running XP SP1? I remember somewhere in the back of my head that SP1 fixes such problems...

07-21-2004, 04:45 PM	#4
Jenny Chief of Naval Operations Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Kansas City area Posts: 10,947	Ok cool. Partition Magic saw the unpartitioned space so then I just made it into a partition and then merged them. so it's seeing 186gb, which works for me. Thx

07-21-2004, 06:52 PM	#5
DarkFury Secretary of the Navy Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Chillin' N Da 'Hood Posts: 34,997	Yay!!!! PartitionMagic is "Da Bomb".

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