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XP only recognizing 138 GB of 1TB HDD

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by zman64, Mar 25, 2009.

  1. zman64

    zman64 Member

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    So my new TB HDD is only being recognized as being 138 GB big. Any idea on why this is? (I've tried reformatting to NTSC, still nothing)
     
    zman64, Mar 25, 2009
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    sounds like you don't have service pack 1 or 2, am i correct?
     
    ddp, Mar 25, 2009
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    yep, you'd be spot on there ddp. install a service pack it will fix your problem
     
    rubixcube, Mar 26, 2009
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    one of the many reasons you should always have automatic updates turned on.
     
    djscoop, Mar 28, 2009
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    djscoop, has nothing to do with automatic updates as sp1 or 2 has to be on xp disk to get past 138gig unless you use a win98 boot disk.
     
    ddp, Mar 28, 2009
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    so i installed service pack 3 on xp, and I still can't see anything past 138gb. any other ideas?
     
    zman64, Mar 28, 2009
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    I think you have a partition of 138MB. The other space is not allocated.
     
    EricCarr, Mar 28, 2009
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    Start -> Control panel -> administrative tools -> computer management -> disk management

    Your disk 0 will probably say C: 138GB NTFS then 793GB unallocated or around about that amount, just extend the C: partition to include the empty space
     
    rubixcube, Mar 29, 2009
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