Windows Xp Pro....

[KazaaBoy]

I have a Seagate 200GB HDD and Windows XP Pro only shows it as 127GB? When I go into the bios mode, it shows it as 200GB. I download SP1, as I was told it should of fixed it but it's the same thing.


Any help

[Shiranai_Baka]

Isn't there something you need if you have a hard drive thats over 200GB? I'm not sure what, but I heard it from someone O.o

[Chewie]

Originally posted by KazaaBoy@6 July 2004 - 15:47
I have a Seagate 200GB HDD and Windows XP Pro only shows it as 127GB? When I go into the bios mode, it shows it as 200GB. I download SP1, as I was told it should of fixed it but it's the same thing.


Any help

Where does it show you it's 127GB, the drive properties?

If so, right-click My Computer, select Manage, click Disk Management and see what it says in there.

[tesco]

In disk management it will show the remainder of the size of the drive as unpartitioned space. You could either:
1) Use partition magic to resize the 127gb partition to the full size
or
2) create a new partition which is the rest of the size using disk management. You will then have a 127gb partition and a (200-127)*gb partition.

*-To tired to do the math.

[KazaaBoy]

here, it's best if you see it for your self

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[tesco]

Originally posted by KazaaBoy@6 July 2004 - 14:33
here, it's best if you see it for your self

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right click unallocated, and click partition,

Or install partition magic 8 or 7, and go into it, right click the 127gb partition, and click resize, then make it the full size.

[Spicker]

i wud use partition magic as rossco said

[KazaaBoy]

Originally posted by jaigandhi5@7 July 2004 - 01:04
i wud use partition magic as rossco said

I did I put the space into one HDD and it worked. However, it says I have 187GB and not 200GB? Did I do something wrong?

[tesco]

Originally posted by KazaaBoy+6 July 2004 - 20:12--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (KazaaBoy @ 6 July 2004 - 20:12)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-jaigandhi5@7 July 2004 - 01:04
i wud use partition magic as rossco said&nbsp; &nbsp;

I did I put the space into one HDD and it worked. However, it says I have 187GB and not 200GB? Did I do something wrong? [/b][/quote]
nahh that&#39;s normal. Hard drive manufacturers don&#39;t meausre size right. They say that 1gb is 1000mb but in fact it is 1024mb, and that 1000kb is a mb, but it is 1024, and so on. This adds up to be quite a bit of lost space then tehre is also the space u loose (not much though) from the file system.

My 40gb shown as 37gb

[Spicker]

lol someone shud teach em math