I installed xp pro sp 2 that was somebody elses cd. I had a xp pro cd key, but my copy of xp was really old, and i didnt feel like downloading sp2. I finally noticed that the sp2 cd was oem and my old xp cd was retail so the keys wouldnt match. So i put my xp cd in and reinstalled windows, im pretty sure i deleted that sp2 partition. I run windows now prefectly. But i am missing about 100 gb of my harddrive space. I bought a 250 GB WD drive, and now it only says my drive is 127 GB? Maybe i didnt delete my old partition? help please!!!!
2007-07-06 16:55:43 · 8 answers · asked by kid 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Does your retail copy of XP have SP1 or SP2 on it, if not, then the max that will detect on a format is about 127 gig. But you should still be able to see the rest of the hard drive if you right click My Computer, choose manage and click on disk management, there should be unpartitioned disk space that you can use, it will be on a seperate drive letter, but at least you will have all your disk space.
2007-07-06 17:05:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The best way to solve your problem is to make a fresh install deleting the old. Install WinXP SP2 to utilize your 250 GB Hard drive. Former versions will not support more than 127 GB.
2007-07-06 17:24:58 · answer #2 · answered by Mainuddin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First You can save all important data into cd,other hard drive or pen drive after connected the hard drive on other or friend computer, And Delete all partition of your hard drive and create a new partition. Install a virus free window xp. Install hardware and other think which u like and then install anti virus and run it. Protect enable for removable automatically.
2016-05-20 03:07:18 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
doing this would delete your recent windows installation.
but I dont think, any there is any other way out............
TRY THIS,.......
get the Disk Manager of your HD company
run it frm the DOS.... for this you would require a 98 bootable disk and run it at the bios startup, i.e. when your computer starts.
The disk manager utility clearly shows all the partitions of the HD. reunite the partitions and check the HD capacity now, it must be 250 GB. You might have possibly installed the windows on other partition.
for HOWTO about disk managers read the DM user file at your HD company website.
2007-07-06 17:27:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
you can always go back and reinstall windows and format the HD. Also remember that even though a HD is advertised as 250 GB, it is actually only about 244 gb. When they advertise a HD they estimate that 1000mb is equal to 1gb. But, in reality, its 1024mb for every gigabyte. But, sounds like you just installed two partitions since you've lost that much space.
2007-07-06 17:03:34 · answer #5 · answered by Connor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need to download sp2 and burn it to disc or just install it . xp without sp2 doesnt see more than about 130 gig, i have an xp disc without sp2 so i downloaded it and burned it to disc so now i install xp and then sp2 straight after. it works ok for me now as i have a 250 gig hd as well
2007-07-06 17:06:21 · answer #6 · answered by D McC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
adjust bios, xp without sp2 will only see 127gigs.
2007-07-06 16:59:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Control panel, administrator tools , hardware , re size the hard drive make it bigger all the way.
2007-07-06 17:02:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋