[goodcomic]

i have a seagate 200g hardrive it say only 127 g available i want to make this my backup hd how do i wipe it out and get all 200g thanks so much xp os

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Put the XP Repair cd, it'll let you format and reinstall XP through the cd. Step-by-step process, should be easy. Good luck.

[burnoutnotfadeaway]

Put the XP Repair cd, it'll let you format and reinstall XP through the cd. Step-by-step process, should be easy. Good luck.

[Kurenai]

Are you updated to at least Windows XP Service pack 1? Pre-SP1, XP could not recognize more than that amount of hard drive space.

[Mr.Chow]

haha I think that XP should be reading that. They have much larger spaces of HD to read. I haven't herd of that being a problem except when windows DOS - windows 98 came out.

[Kurenai]

No, seriously. Windows XP, without Service Pack 1, will not read anything over 120GB. Any drives over 120GB it just reads as 120.

[pip22]

read this:http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/index.cfm?a=wiki&tag=hdd_lim

[goodcomic]

thnaks guys i went to seagate.com got the disc wizard and ran that tool and it freed up to 186g so happy about that..thanks for the help..