Urgent - Help Required with XP Pro Install

[Jim]

I have purchased a 320GB HDD (SATA 2.0) and when installing Win XP the setup
program reports that the Disk is only 128Gb.
I am sure that I have seen references to this problem before but cannot
recall what the solution was.

When using the XP Pro 2002 installation disk the HDD is reported as follows:
131070 Mb Disk 0 at Id 0 on bus 0 on atapi [MBR]
C: Partition [Unknown] 131072 (131071 Free)

If I use a Vista Ultimate 32bit installation disk the install process
detects the HDD correctly i.e. 298Gb

If I continue to install windows with the XP will I be able to regain the
'lost' space ?

From this I deduce that it is Windows XP that is causing the problem (am I
correct ?)

If so how can I install Win XP and have the full capacity of the disk ?


Regards & TIA

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:02:43 -0000, "Jim"
<jim@ampleforth.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:

> I have purchased a 320GB HDD (SATA 2.0) and when installing Win XP the setup
> program reports that the Disk is only 128Gb.


You need two things to support a drive that large:

1. A motherboard with a BIOS and controller that supports 48-bit LBA
(or alternatively, an add-in controller card that does).

2. At least SP1 of Windows XP.

Since you say that Vista sees the drive correctly, I assume you are
using a pre-SP1 CD of XP.

Slipstream SP2 into your CD and try again.



> I am sure that I have seen references to this problem before but cannot
> recall what the solution was.
>
> When using the XP Pro 2002 installation disk the HDD is reported as follows:
> 131070 Mb Disk 0 at Id 0 on bus 0 on atapi [MBR]
> C: Partition [Unknown] 131072 (131071 Free)
>
> If I use a Vista Ultimate 32bit installation disk the install process
> detects the HDD correctly i.e. 298Gb
>
> If I continue to install windows with the XP will I be able to regain the
> 'lost' space ?
>
> From this I deduce that it is Windows XP that is causing the problem (am I
> correct ?)
>
> If so how can I install Win XP and have the full capacity of the disk ?
>
>
> Regards & TIA
>

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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[Jim]

Thanks Ken,
I don't know how to slipstream - however I do have a XP2 CD

If I go ahead and install Windows XP 2002 will I be able to recover the lost
capacity after installing SP2 ?



"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote in message
news:tfeom3h6as18sks228v7qpb5uso4mu5pv1@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:02:43 -0000, "Jim"
> <jim@ampleforth.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> I have purchased a 320GB HDD (SATA 2.0) and when installing Win XP the
>> setup
>> program reports that the Disk is only 128Gb.
>
>
> You need two things to support a drive that large:
>
> 1. A motherboard with a BIOS and controller that supports 48-bit LBA
> (or alternatively, an add-in controller card that does).
>
> 2. At least SP1 of Windows XP.
>
> Since you say that Vista sees the drive correctly, I assume you are
> using a pre-SP1 CD of XP.
>
> Slipstream SP2 into your CD and try again.
>
>
>
>> I am sure that I have seen references to this problem before but cannot
>> recall what the solution was.
>>
>> When using the XP Pro 2002 installation disk the HDD is reported as
>> follows:
>> 131070 Mb Disk 0 at Id 0 on bus 0 on atapi [MBR]
>> C: Partition [Unknown] 131072 (131071 Free)
>>
>> If I use a Vista Ultimate 32bit installation disk the install process
>> detects the HDD correctly i.e. 298Gb
>>
>> If I continue to install windows with the XP will I be able to regain the
>> 'lost' space ?
>>
>> From this I deduce that it is Windows XP that is causing the problem (am
>> I
>> correct ?)
>>
>> If so how can I install Win XP and have the full capacity of the disk ?
>>
>>
>> Regards & TIA
>>
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

 

[Jerry]

Google slipstreaming and the info will be provided.

Google AutoStreamer and download the program to assist in the process of
slipstreaming.

"Jim" <jim@ampleforth.eclipse.co.uk> wrote in message
news:foKdnezVEZ31ofHanZ2dnUVZ8u2dnZ2d@eclipse.net.uk...
> Thanks Ken,
> I don't know how to slipstream - however I do have a XP2 CD
>
> If I go ahead and install Windows XP 2002 will I be able to recover the
> lost capacity after installing SP2 ?
>
>
>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote in message
> news:tfeom3h6as18sks228v7qpb5uso4mu5pv1@4ax.com...
>> On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:02:43 -0000, "Jim"
>> <jim@ampleforth.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> I have purchased a 320GB HDD (SATA 2.0) and when installing Win XP the
>>> setup
>>> program reports that the Disk is only 128Gb.
>>
>>
>> You need two things to support a drive that large:
>>
>> 1. A motherboard with a BIOS and controller that supports 48-bit LBA
>> (or alternatively, an add-in controller card that does).
>>
>> 2. At least SP1 of Windows XP.
>>
>> Since you say that Vista sees the drive correctly, I assume you are
>> using a pre-SP1 CD of XP.
>>
>> Slipstream SP2 into your CD and try again.
>>
>>
>>
>>> I am sure that I have seen references to this problem before but cannot
>>> recall what the solution was.
>>>
>>> When using the XP Pro 2002 installation disk the HDD is reported as
>>> follows:
>>> 131070 Mb Disk 0 at Id 0 on bus 0 on atapi [MBR]
>>> C: Partition [Unknown] 131072 (131071 Free)
>>>
>>> If I use a Vista Ultimate 32bit installation disk the install process
>>> detects the HDD correctly i.e. 298Gb
>>>
>>> If I continue to install windows with the XP will I be able to regain
>>> the
>>> 'lost' space ?
>>>
>>> From this I deduce that it is Windows XP that is causing the problem (am
>>> I
>>> correct ?)
>>>
>>> If so how can I install Win XP and have the full capacity of the disk ?
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards & TIA
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
>> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>
>

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:21:27 -0000, "Jim"
<jim@ampleforth.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:

> Thanks Ken,
> I don't know how to slipstream - however I do have a XP2 CD



Read here: http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.php?t=7262


> If I go ahead and install Windows XP 2002 will I be able to recover the lost
> capacity after installing SP2 ?
>
>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote in message
> news:tfeom3h6as18sks228v7qpb5uso4mu5pv1@4ax.com...
> > On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:02:43 -0000, "Jim"
> > <jim@ampleforth.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> I have purchased a 320GB HDD (SATA 2.0) and when installing Win XP the
> >> setup
> >> program reports that the Disk is only 128Gb.
> >
> >
> > You need two things to support a drive that large:
> >
> > 1. A motherboard with a BIOS and controller that supports 48-bit LBA
> > (or alternatively, an add-in controller card that does).
> >
> > 2. At least SP1 of Windows XP.
> >
> > Since you say that Vista sees the drive correctly, I assume you are
> > using a pre-SP1 CD of XP.
> >
> > Slipstream SP2 into your CD and try again.
> >
> >
> >
> >> I am sure that I have seen references to this problem before but cannot
> >> recall what the solution was.
> >>
> >> When using the XP Pro 2002 installation disk the HDD is reported as
> >> follows:
> >> 131070 Mb Disk 0 at Id 0 on bus 0 on atapi [MBR]
> >> C: Partition [Unknown] 131072 (131071 Free)
> >>
> >> If I use a Vista Ultimate 32bit installation disk the install process
> >> detects the HDD correctly i.e. 298Gb
> >>
> >> If I continue to install windows with the XP will I be able to regain the
> >> 'lost' space ?
> >>
> >> From this I deduce that it is Windows XP that is causing the problem (am
> >> I
> >> correct ?)
> >>
> >> If so how can I install Win XP and have the full capacity of the disk ?
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards & TIA
> >>
> >
> > --
> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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