I have a P5W DH Deluxe and am trying to load XP home onto a 500gig HDD but
the maximum partition size available is 131gig, is this due to a BIOS
setting?
How can I make the 500gig available on a single partition?
Nothing I have tried will show the available partion size to be more than
the 131gig
Griff stelde dit idée voor :
> Hi,
>
> I have a P5W DH Deluxe and am trying to load XP home onto a 500gig HDD but
> the maximum partition size available is 131gig, is this due to a BIOS
> setting?
>
> How can I make the 500gig available on a single partition?
>
> Nothing I have tried will show the available partion size to be more than the
> 131gig
>
>
> Help much appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
XP cannot see and handle partitions bigger than 131 Gbyte, unless at
least SP1 is installed or a slipstreamed install disc is used.
"Griff" <berringtons@clara.net> wrote in message
news:48ed0f5c$1_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have a P5W DH Deluxe and am trying to load XP home onto a 500gig HDD but
> the maximum partition size available is 131gig, is this due to a BIOS
> setting?
>
> How can I make the 500gig available on a single partition?
>
> Nothing I have tried will show the available partion size to be more than
> the 131gig
>
>
> Help much appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
Griff:
I saw your post on ASUS' web site. I assume you purchased an "OEM" version
of the hard drive and did not get a partition program disk that comes with
the "Retail" version. To bad, you could have used it and saved you all this
trouble.
You can either go down to your local computer store and purchase a partition
program and use it, or learn how to use what you have. You will have to
"boot up" on your XP home CD and enter into DOS mode and find the program
FDISK and partition the HD to the full size it will report available. It
should report the full size of the hd, 500gb. You will then have to format
it for use, and make the volume active for boot-up control.
Then you should be able to install XP home at the full size as desired. You
will have to have to have XP Home SR2 or newer to accomplish this task
without a third-party partition program.
This is very complicated and hard to figure out if you have never done this
before. Good luck
>> I have a P5W DH Deluxe and am trying to load XP home onto a 500gig HDD
>> but
>> the maximum partition size available is 131gig, is this due to a BIOS
>> setting?
>>
>> How can I make the 500gig available on a single partition?
>>
>> Nothing I have tried will show the available partion size to be more than
>> the 131gig
>>
>>
>> Help much appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> XP cannot see and handle partitions bigger than 131 Gbyte, unless at least
> SP1 is installed or a slipstreamed install disc is used.
>
> It is a known issue
>
>
Thanks.
Do you know if I would need SP1, 2 or 3 to allow a 500gig disk.
I had a fully working 250gig disk before but think I used an old Windows 95
floppy to boot from which must have worked?
"William" <nospam@pacifier.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Griff" <berringtons@clara.net> wrote in message
> news:48ed0f5c$1_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a P5W DH Deluxe and am trying to load XP home onto a 500gig HDD
>> but the maximum partition size available is 131gig, is this due to a BIOS
>> setting?
>>
>> How can I make the 500gig available on a single partition?
>>
>> Nothing I have tried will show the available partion size to be more than
>> the 131gig
>>
>>
>> Help much appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks.
>
>
> Griff:
>
> I saw your post on ASUS' web site. I assume you purchased an "OEM"
> version of the hard drive and did not get a partition program disk that
> comes with the "Retail" version. To bad, you could have used it and saved
> you all this trouble.
>
> You can either go down to your local computer store and purchase a
> partition program and use it, or learn how to use what you have. You will
> have to "boot up" on your XP home CD and enter into DOS mode and find the
> program FDISK and partition the HD to the full size it will report
> available. It should report the full size of the hd, 500gb. You will
> then have to format it for use, and make the volume active for boot-up
> control.
>
> Then you should be able to install XP home at the full size as desired.
> You will have to have to have XP Home SR2 or newer to accomplish this task
> without a third-party partition program.
>
> This is very complicated and hard to figure out if you have never done
> this before. Good luck
>
> William
>
Thanks William.
Yes, it was an OEM drive with no other disk.
I have always fdisked from a Windows 95 floppy in the past and seem to think
that that worked with my previous 250gb drive.
Might try as you say before purchasing XP SP2 or higher.
Can you tell me have to arrive at DOS mode from boot disk?
I know how one XP has loaded but assume this is before loading?
Am used to fdisking the old way.
Cheers.
"Griff" <berringtons@clara.net> wrote in message
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>
> "William" <nospam@pacifier.com> wrote in message
> news:5tOdnUy9X6tCtHDVnZ2dnUVZ_obinZ2d@posted.palin acquisition...
>>
>> "Griff" <berringtons@clara.net> wrote in message
>> news:48ed0f5c$1_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have a P5W DH Deluxe and am trying to load XP home onto a 500gig HDD
>>> but the maximum partition size available is 131gig, is this due to a
>>> BIOS setting?
>>>
>>> How can I make the 500gig available on a single partition?
>>>
>>> Nothing I have tried will show the available partion size to be more
>>> than the 131gig
>>>
>>>
>>> Help much appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>> Griff:
>>
>> I saw your post on ASUS' web site. I assume you purchased an "OEM"
>> version of the hard drive and did not get a partition program disk that
>> comes with the "Retail" version. To bad, you could have used it and
>> saved you all this trouble.
>>
>> You can either go down to your local computer store and purchase a
>> partition program and use it, or learn how to use what you have. You
>> will have to "boot up" on your XP home CD and enter into DOS mode and
>> find the program FDISK and partition the HD to the full size it will
>> report available. It should report the full size of the hd, 500gb. You
>> will then have to format it for use, and make the volume active for
>> boot-up control.
>>
>> Then you should be able to install XP home at the full size as desired.
>> You will have to have to have XP Home SR2 or newer to accomplish this
>> task without a third-party partition program.
>>
>> This is very complicated and hard to figure out if you have never done
>> this before. Good luck
>>
>> William
>>
> Thanks William.
> Yes, it was an OEM drive with no other disk.
> I have always fdisked from a Windows 95 floppy in the past and seem to
> think that that worked with my previous 250gb drive.
> Might try as you say before purchasing XP SP2 or higher.
> Can you tell me have to arrive at DOS mode from boot disk?
> I know how one XP has loaded but assume this is before loading?
> Am used to fdisking the old way.
> Cheers.
Griff:
I have pretty good recall, but not that good. It's been eight or so years
since I have done that. *IF* memory serves me correct, you push a function
key while booting on the XP cd to go to DOS prompt on start. You might be
able to search that info off of the net. If you have a computer running the
version of XP you have, you can make a bootable floppy disk that will dump
you to the dos prompt that you can work with. Of course that will require
foresight or an old computer available for doing this. See "To create an
MS-DOS startup disk" in Help. You will have to transfer FDISK and SYS onto
the disk to use.
To repeat: You will have to have XP Home SR2 or newer to accomplish this
task without a third-party partition program.
In article <48ed2a62$1_2@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com>, berringtons@clara.net says...
>
> >> I have a P5W DH Deluxe and am trying to load XP home onto a 500gig HDD
> >> but
> >> the maximum partition size available is 131gig, is this due to a BIOS
> >> setting?
> >>
> >> How can I make the 500gig available on a single partition?
> >>
> >> Nothing I have tried will show the available partion size to be more than
> >> the 131gig
> >>
> >>
> >> Help much appreciated.
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >
> > XP cannot see and handle partitions bigger than 131 Gbyte, unless at least
> > SP1 is installed or a slipstreamed install disc is used.
> >
> > It is a known issue
> >
> >
> Thanks.
>
> Do you know if I would need SP1, 2 or 3 to allow a 500gig disk.
>
> I had a fully working 250gig disk before but think I used an old Windows 95
> floppy to boot from which must have worked?
>
>
>
SP2 or SP3 will do it.
Bill
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In article <48ed2caa$1_1@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com>, berringtons@clara.net says...
>
> "William" <nospam@pacifier.com> wrote in message
> news:5tOdnUy9X6tCtHDVnZ2dnUVZ_obinZ2d@posted.palin acquisition...
> >
> > "Griff" <berringtons@clara.net> wrote in message
> > news:48ed0f5c$1_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I have a P5W DH Deluxe and am trying to load XP home onto a 500gig HDD
> >> but the maximum partition size available is 131gig, is this due to a BIOS
> >> setting?
> >>
> >> How can I make the 500gig available on a single partition?
> >>
> >> Nothing I have tried will show the available partion size to be more than
> >> the 131gig
> >>
> >>
> >> Help much appreciated.
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >
> >
> > Griff:
> >
> > I saw your post on ASUS' web site. I assume you purchased an "OEM"
> > version of the hard drive and did not get a partition program disk that
> > comes with the "Retail" version. To bad, you could have used it and saved
> > you all this trouble.
> >
> > You can either go down to your local computer store and purchase a
> > partition program and use it, or learn how to use what you have. You will
> > have to "boot up" on your XP home CD and enter into DOS mode and find the
> > program FDISK and partition the HD to the full size it will report
> > available. It should report the full size of the hd, 500gb. You will
> > then have to format it for use, and make the volume active for boot-up
> > control.
> >
> > Then you should be able to install XP home at the full size as desired.
> > You will have to have to have XP Home SR2 or newer to accomplish this task
> > without a third-party partition program.
> >
> > This is very complicated and hard to figure out if you have never done
> > this before. Good luck
> >
> > William
> >
> Thanks William.
> Yes, it was an OEM drive with no other disk.
> I have always fdisked from a Windows 95 floppy in the past and seem to think
> that that worked with my previous 250gb drive.
> Might try as you say before purchasing XP SP2 or higher.
> Can you tell me have to arrive at DOS mode from boot disk?
> I know how one XP has loaded but assume this is before loading?
> Am used to fdisking the old way.
> Cheers.
Bill
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Het is zò dat Griff formuleerde :
>>> I have a P5W DH Deluxe and am trying to load XP home onto a 500gig HDD but
>>> the maximum partition size available is 131gig, is this due to a BIOS
>>> setting?
>>>
>>> How can I make the 500gig available on a single partition?
>>>
>>> Nothing I have tried will show the available partion size to be more than
>>> the 131gig
>>>
>>>
>>> Help much appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>
>> XP cannot see and handle partitions bigger than 131 Gbyte, unless at least
>> SP1 is installed or a slipstreamed install disc is used.
>>
>> It is a known issue
>>
>>
> Thanks.
>
> Do you know if I would need SP1, 2 or 3 to allow a 500gig disk.
>
> I had a fully working 250gig disk before but think I used an old Windows 95
> floppy to boot from which must have worked?
I allways use the latest SP, just to be sure I have no problems with my
system.
The strange thing is: to install SP3, you have to install SP1 or SP2
first.
"William" <nospam@pacifier.com> wrote in message
news:5tOdnUy9X6tCtHDVnZ2dnUVZ_obinZ2d@posted.palin acquisition...
> You can either go down to your local computer store and purchase a
> partition program and use it, or learn how to use what you have. You will
> have to "boot up" on your XP home CD and enter into DOS mode and find the
> program FDISK and partition the HD to the full size it will report
> available. It should report the full size of the hd, 500gb. You will
> then have to format it for use, and make the volume active for boot-up
> control.
>
> Then you should be able to install XP home at the full size as desired.
> You will have to have to have XP Home SR2 or newer to accomplish this task
> without a third-party partition program.
>
> This is very complicated and hard to figure out if you have never done
> this before. Good luck
>
> William
>
Yea, and far more complicated than he needs to do. All he has to do is
install SP1, 2 or 3 and then go to disk management and create a second
partition with the rest of the HDD to get full use of the HDD. Yes, he will
now have two partitions but that is actually a benefit and not a detriment.
The OS can stay on the partition already created.
XP partition size much less than HDD size 
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