HD 750G and higher

Will XP recognize a 750G HD? Trying to format as one drive, i get a
message saying its too large and have to partition. Running SP3 also.

TY

Are you trying to format it FAT32? Format it NTFS.

John

Ingoloid wrote:
> Will XP recognize a 750G HD? Trying to format as one drive, i get a
> message saying its too large and have to partition. Running SP3 also.
>
> TY
>
>

NTFS...its already done. want to re-format to use entire drive as 1
partition
"John John - MVP" <audetweld@nbnot.nb.ca> wrote in message
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> Are you trying to format it FAT32? Format it NTFS.
>
> John
>
> Ingoloid wrote:
>> Will XP recognize a 750G HD? Trying to format as one drive, i get a
>> message saying its too large and have to partition. Running SP3 also.
>>
>> TY

You have more than one partition on the disk? Use the Disk Management
tool and delete all the partitions then create one large one out of the
whole disk and then format it NTFS. To start the Disk Management tool
enter diskmgmt.msc in the Start menu Run box.

John

Ingoloid wrote:
> NTFS...its already done. want to re-format to use entire drive as 1
> partition
> "John John - MVP" <audetweld@nbnot.nb.ca> wrote in message
> news:eaOU8NIWKHA.4780@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Are you trying to format it FAT32? Format it NTFS.
>>
>> John
>>
>> Ingoloid wrote:
>>> Will XP recognize a 750G HD? Trying to format as one drive, i get a
>>> message saying its too large and have to partition. Running SP3 also.
>>>
>>> TY
>
>

Ingoloid wrote:
> Will XP recognize a 750G HD? Trying to format as one drive, i get
> a message saying its too large and have to partition. Running SP3
> also.

Windows XP SP1a+ supports drives *much* larger than that. It will even
natively format them if you use NTFS (FAT32 formatting in Windows XP is
limited.)

You merely have to wipe/re-partition it the way you want it.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

will give it another try this week-end...after moving everything of it. keep
ya posted

"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Ingoloid wrote:
>> Will XP recognize a 750G HD? Trying to format as one drive, i get
>> a message saying its too large and have to partition. Running SP3
>> also.
>
> Windows XP SP1a+ supports drives *much* larger than that. It will even
> natively format them if you use NTFS (FAT32 formatting in Windows XP is
> limited.)
>
> You merely have to wipe/re-partition it the way you want it.
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>

If you're trying to format it as one drive, haven't you already done that
moving-off??

Ingoloid wrote:
> will give it another try this week-end...after moving everything of
> it. keep ya posted
>
> "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ulNSUfKWKHA.4688@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Ingoloid wrote:
>>> Will XP recognize a 750G HD? Trying to format as one drive, i get
>>> a message saying its too large and have to partition. Running SP3
>>> also.
>>
>> Windows XP SP1a+ supports drives *much* larger than that. It will
>> even natively format them if you use NTFS (FAT32 formatting in
>> Windows XP is limited.)
>>
>> You merely have to wipe/re-partition it the way you want it.
>>
>> --
>> Shenan Stanley
>> MS-MVP
>> --
>> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

lol..no, not yet...i got the mesage from the first time I formatted it.
Wanted to get info before I do this again
"Olórin" <inc****@erkljrjre890aeraekj4na.com> wrote in message
news:OYGfi%23VWKHA.3428@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> If you're trying to format it as one drive, haven't you already done that
> moving-off??
>
> Ingoloid wrote:
>> will give it another try this week-end...after moving everything of
>> it. keep ya posted
>>
>> "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:ulNSUfKWKHA.4688@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> Ingoloid wrote:
>>>> Will XP recognize a 750G HD? Trying to format as one drive, i get
>>>> a message saying its too large and have to partition. Running SP3
>>>> also.
>>>
>>> Windows XP SP1a+ supports drives *much* larger than that. It will
>>> even natively format them if you use NTFS (FAT32 formatting in
>>> Windows XP is limited.)
>>>
>>> You merely have to wipe/re-partition it the way you want it.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Shenan Stanley
>>> MS-MVP
>>> --
>>> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
>>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>