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Why my 500gb hard drive showing only 127gb
Hi few days ago my computer got virus and crash. Although I have Norton anti
virus software install in my computer. Anyway I fixed it by clean hard drive and reinstall windows xp os. My computer has 2 hard drive primary 80gb and slave drive is 500gb. Problem is when I open my computer property there is 3 hard drive, drive C, drive D, and drive E. I assume E is the slave drive, which suppose to be 500gb now it's showing only 127 GB. I don't know what went wrong. Somebody please help me to fix that problem. Thank you. |
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Why my 500gb hard drive showing only 127gb
On May 16, 8:05*am, mia vai wrote:
Hi few days ago my computer got virus and crash. Although I have Norton anti virus software install in my computer. Anyway I fixed it by clean hard drive and reinstall windows xp os. *My computer has 2 hard drive primary 80gb and slave drive is 500gb. *Problem is when I open my computer property there is 3 hard drive, drive C, drive D, and drive E. *I assume E is the slave drive, which suppose to be 500gb now it's showing only 127 GB. I don't know what went wrong. *Somebody please help me to fix that problem. Thank you. It looks like you have partitioned the main hard drive. What size are C & D? Are you running in FAT32 or NTFS? |
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Why my 500gb hard drive showing only 127gb
On May 16, 8:05*am, mia vai wrote:
Hi few days ago my computer got virus and crash. Although I have Norton anti virus software install in my computer. Anyway I fixed it by clean hard drive and reinstall windows xp os. *My computer has 2 hard drive primary 80gb and slave drive is 500gb. *Problem is when I open my computer property there is 3 hard drive, drive C, drive D, and drive E. *I assume E is the slave drive, which suppose to be 500gb now it's showing only 127 GB. I don't know what went wrong. *Somebody please help me to fix that problem. Thank you. It looks like you have partitioned the main hard drive. What size are C & D? Are you running in FAT32 or NTFS? |
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Why my 500gb hard drive showing only 127gb
Looks to me like you might have installed Windows on the second (500GB)
hard drive? Open a Command Prompt and issue the following command" set system What does the command return? If you are absolutely certain that you cleanly installed Windows on the smaller 80GB drive then your Windows version is probably the original gold version without any service pack included, you need at least Service Pack 1 to be able to use disks larger than 127GB (Windows reports this as 127.99GB (binary) but disk manufacturers and others who use decimal units report it as 137GB). Download and install Service Pack 2. John mia vai wrote: Hi few days ago my computer got virus and crash. Although I have Norton anti virus software install in my computer. Anyway I fixed it by clean hard drive and reinstall windows xp os. My computer has 2 hard drive primary 80gb and slave drive is 500gb. Problem is when I open my computer property there is 3 hard drive, drive C, drive D, and drive E. I assume E is the slave drive, which suppose to be 500gb now it's showing only 127 GB. I don't know what went wrong. Somebody please help me to fix that problem. Thank you. |
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Why my 500gb hard drive showing only 127gb
Looks to me like you might have installed Windows on the second (500GB)
hard drive? Open a Command Prompt and issue the following command" set system What does the command return? If you are absolutely certain that you cleanly installed Windows on the smaller 80GB drive then your Windows version is probably the original gold version without any service pack included, you need at least Service Pack 1 to be able to use disks larger than 127GB (Windows reports this as 127.99GB (binary) but disk manufacturers and others who use decimal units report it as 137GB). Download and install Service Pack 2. John mia vai wrote: Hi few days ago my computer got virus and crash. Although I have Norton anti virus software install in my computer. Anyway I fixed it by clean hard drive and reinstall windows xp os. My computer has 2 hard drive primary 80gb and slave drive is 500gb. Problem is when I open my computer property there is 3 hard drive, drive C, drive D, and drive E. I assume E is the slave drive, which suppose to be 500gb now it's showing only 127 GB. I don't know what went wrong. Somebody please help me to fix that problem. Thank you. |
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Why my 500gb hard drive showing only 127gb
If you want to see that 500GB drive as one
partition and some day plan to use it as your primary partition for installing Windows then you need to create a slipstreamed CD. You can either use SP3 or SP2. The remaining part of my reply is for creating that slipstreamed CD which will come in handy if you need to do a "Repair Install". Creating a "Slipstreamed" version of XP that incorporates SP3 or SP2 Try AutoStreamer, it's easy to use and for the most part self explanatory. Auto Streamer Guide and Download Sites: http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/u...streamer.shtml http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/1092632287/1 Where to download SP3 (This file will be used in created the slipstreamed CD) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en Create a Slip Stream version of Windows XP using SP3 http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/slipstream.htm (Using AutoStreamer) http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstre...3_cd_final.htm http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...slipstream.asp The slipstreamed CD you create will not include any specific drivers for your motherboard, audio, video, network, etc. Those you will need to download from your PC manufacture's or motherboard's web site. -- JS http://www.pagestart.com "mia vai" wrote in message ... Hi few days ago my computer got virus and crash. Although I have Norton anti virus software install in my computer. Anyway I fixed it by clean hard drive and reinstall windows xp os. My computer has 2 hard drive primary 80gb and slave drive is 500gb. Problem is when I open my computer property there is 3 hard drive, drive C, drive D, and drive E. I assume E is the slave drive, which suppose to be 500gb now it's showing only 127 GB. I don't know what went wrong. Somebody please help me to fix that problem. Thank you. |
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Why my 500gb hard drive showing only 127gb
If you want to see that 500GB drive as one
partition and some day plan to use it as your primary partition for installing Windows then you need to create a slipstreamed CD. You can either use SP3 or SP2. The remaining part of my reply is for creating that slipstreamed CD which will come in handy if you need to do a "Repair Install". Creating a "Slipstreamed" version of XP that incorporates SP3 or SP2 Try AutoStreamer, it's easy to use and for the most part self explanatory. Auto Streamer Guide and Download Sites: http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/u...streamer.shtml http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/1092632287/1 Where to download SP3 (This file will be used in created the slipstreamed CD) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en Create a Slip Stream version of Windows XP using SP3 http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/slipstream.htm (Using AutoStreamer) http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstre...3_cd_final.htm http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...slipstream.asp The slipstreamed CD you create will not include any specific drivers for your motherboard, audio, video, network, etc. Those you will need to download from your PC manufacture's or motherboard's web site. -- JS http://www.pagestart.com "mia vai" wrote in message ... Hi few days ago my computer got virus and crash. Although I have Norton anti virus software install in my computer. Anyway I fixed it by clean hard drive and reinstall windows xp os. My computer has 2 hard drive primary 80gb and slave drive is 500gb. Problem is when I open my computer property there is 3 hard drive, drive C, drive D, and drive E. I assume E is the slave drive, which suppose to be 500gb now it's showing only 127 GB. I don't know what went wrong. Somebody please help me to fix that problem. Thank you. |
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Why my 500gb hard drive showing only 127gb
On Sat, 16 May 2009 00:05:01 -0700, mia vai
wrote: Hi few days ago my computer got virus and crash. What virus? Although I have Norton anti virus software install in my computer. Norton is the *worst* anti-virus product available. You were *not* adequately protected. Anyway I fixed it by clean hard drive and reinstall windows xp os. That is almost always a very poor way to proceed if you have a virus. Viruses can usually be removed if you do it properly with good software. My computer has 2 hard drive primary 80gb and slave drive is 500gb. Problem is when I open my computer property there is 3 hard drive, drive C, drive D, and drive E. If you ended up with more partitions than you wanted, you did the installation improperly. Exactly how did you do it? Please describe the steps completely. I assume E is the slave drive, which suppose to be 500gb now it's showing only 127 GB. You probably installed with an old copy of Windows XP. If you don't install with at least SP1, a drive that large won't be supported. You need to slipstream a service pack--preferably the latest one, SP3--onto a CD and redo the installation. I don't know what went wrong. Somebody please help me to fix that problem. Thank you. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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Why my 500gb hard drive showing only 127gb
On Sat, 16 May 2009 00:05:01 -0700, mia vai
wrote: Hi few days ago my computer got virus and crash. What virus? Although I have Norton anti virus software install in my computer. Norton is the *worst* anti-virus product available. You were *not* adequately protected. Anyway I fixed it by clean hard drive and reinstall windows xp os. That is almost always a very poor way to proceed if you have a virus. Viruses can usually be removed if you do it properly with good software. My computer has 2 hard drive primary 80gb and slave drive is 500gb. Problem is when I open my computer property there is 3 hard drive, drive C, drive D, and drive E. If you ended up with more partitions than you wanted, you did the installation improperly. Exactly how did you do it? Please describe the steps completely. I assume E is the slave drive, which suppose to be 500gb now it's showing only 127 GB. You probably installed with an old copy of Windows XP. If you don't install with at least SP1, a drive that large won't be supported. You need to slipstream a service pack--preferably the latest one, SP3--onto a CD and redo the installation. I don't know what went wrong. Somebody please help me to fix that problem. Thank you. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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Why my 500gb hard drive showing only 127gb
JS wrote:
If you want to see that 500GB drive as one partition and some day plan to use it as your primary partition for installing Windows then you need to create a slipstreamed CD. Bullsh.., there is no REQUIREMENT to create a slipstream disk. In fact, most of them fail because there is no way to properly test them to be certain they work without risking the entire original installation unless a second computer for playtimes is around. A proper backup strategy and faithfully backing up is the correct answer if one wishes to avoid manually rebuilding a system. You can either use SP3 or SP2. The remaining part of my reply is for creating that slipstreamed CD which will come in handy if you need to do a "Repair Install". Creating a "Slipstreamed" version of XP that incorporates SP3 or SP2 Try AutoStreamer, it's easy to use and for the most part self explanatory. Auto Streamer Guide and Download Sites: http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/u...streamer.shtml http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/1092632287/1 Where to download SP3 (This file will be used in created the slipstreamed CD) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en Create a Slip Stream version of Windows XP using SP3 http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/slipstream.htm (Using AutoStreamer) http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstre...3_cd_final.htm http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...slipstream.asp The slipstreamed CD you create will not include any specific drivers for your motherboard, audio, video, network, etc. Those you will need to download from your PC manufacture's or motherboard's web site. "mia vai" wrote in message ... Hi few days ago my computer got virus and crash. Although I have Norton anti virus software install in my computer. Anyway I fixed it by clean hard drive and reinstall windows xp os. My computer has 2 hard drive primary 80gb and slave drive is 500gb. Problem is when I open my computer property there is 3 hard drive, drive C, drive D, and drive E. I assume E is the slave drive, which suppose to be 500gb now it's showing only 127 GB. I don't know what went wrong. Somebody please help me to fix that problem. Thank you. |
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Why my 500gb hard drive showing only 127gb
JS wrote:
If you want to see that 500GB drive as one partition and some day plan to use it as your primary partition for installing Windows then you need to create a slipstreamed CD. Bullsh.., there is no REQUIREMENT to create a slipstream disk. In fact, most of them fail because there is no way to properly test them to be certain they work without risking the entire original installation unless a second computer for playtimes is around. A proper backup strategy and faithfully backing up is the correct answer if one wishes to avoid manually rebuilding a system. You can either use SP3 or SP2. The remaining part of my reply is for creating that slipstreamed CD which will come in handy if you need to do a "Repair Install". Creating a "Slipstreamed" version of XP that incorporates SP3 or SP2 Try AutoStreamer, it's easy to use and for the most part self explanatory. Auto Streamer Guide and Download Sites: http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/u...streamer.shtml http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/1092632287/1 Where to download SP3 (This file will be used in created the slipstreamed CD) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en Create a Slip Stream version of Windows XP using SP3 http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/slipstream.htm (Using AutoStreamer) http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstre...3_cd_final.htm http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...slipstream.asp The slipstreamed CD you create will not include any specific drivers for your motherboard, audio, video, network, etc. Those you will need to download from your PC manufacture's or motherboard's web site. "mia vai" wrote in message ... Hi few days ago my computer got virus and crash. Although I have Norton anti virus software install in my computer. Anyway I fixed it by clean hard drive and reinstall windows xp os. My computer has 2 hard drive primary 80gb and slave drive is 500gb. Problem is when I open my computer property there is 3 hard drive, drive C, drive D, and drive E. I assume E is the slave drive, which suppose to be 500gb now it's showing only 127 GB. I don't know what went wrong. Somebody please help me to fix that problem. Thank you. |
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Why my 500gb hard drive showing only 127gb
Careful with this advice; beware slipstreams.
Ken Blake, MVP wrote: On Sat, 16 May 2009 00:05:01 -0700, mia vai wrote: Hi few days ago my computer got virus and crash. What virus? Although I have Norton anti virus software install in my computer. Norton is the *worst* anti-virus product available. You were *not* adequately protected. Completely untrue. Anyway I fixed it by clean hard drive and reinstall windows xp os. That is almost always a very poor way to proceed if you have a virus. Viruses can usually be removed if you do it properly with good software. It's often faster to do a clean install of windows than to spend excessive time chasing down malware, especially for an as yet inexperienced person in those areas. What might really be missing here is a good backup strategy. My computer has 2 hard drive primary 80gb and slave drive is 500gb. Problem is when I open my computer property there is 3 hard drive, drive C, drive D, and drive E. If you ended up with more partitions than you wanted, you did the installation improperly. Exactly how did you do it? Please describe the steps completely. Most likely. I assume E is the slave drive, which suppose to be 500gb now it's showing only 127 GB. You probably installed with an old copy of Windows XP. If you don't install with at least SP1, a drive that large won't be supported. You need to slipstream a service pack--preferably the latest one, SP3--onto a CD and redo the installation. Probably. But slipstreams are catastrophic failures for many new to the process since they have no way of testing them without risking their drives again and spending much more time. A proper back up strategy nicely sidesteps that whole thing. I don't know what went wrong. Somebody please help me to fix that problem. Thank you. |
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Why my 500gb hard drive showing only 127gb
Careful with this advice; beware slipstreams.
Ken Blake, MVP wrote: On Sat, 16 May 2009 00:05:01 -0700, mia vai wrote: Hi few days ago my computer got virus and crash. What virus? Although I have Norton anti virus software install in my computer. Norton is the *worst* anti-virus product available. You were *not* adequately protected. Completely untrue. Anyway I fixed it by clean hard drive and reinstall windows xp os. That is almost always a very poor way to proceed if you have a virus. Viruses can usually be removed if you do it properly with good software. It's often faster to do a clean install of windows than to spend excessive time chasing down malware, especially for an as yet inexperienced person in those areas. What might really be missing here is a good backup strategy. My computer has 2 hard drive primary 80gb and slave drive is 500gb. Problem is when I open my computer property there is 3 hard drive, drive C, drive D, and drive E. If you ended up with more partitions than you wanted, you did the installation improperly. Exactly how did you do it? Please describe the steps completely. Most likely. I assume E is the slave drive, which suppose to be 500gb now it's showing only 127 GB. You probably installed with an old copy of Windows XP. If you don't install with at least SP1, a drive that large won't be supported. You need to slipstream a service pack--preferably the latest one, SP3--onto a CD and redo the installation. Probably. But slipstreams are catastrophic failures for many new to the process since they have no way of testing them without risking their drives again and spending much more time. A proper back up strategy nicely sidesteps that whole thing. I don't know what went wrong. Somebody please help me to fix that problem. Thank you. |
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Why my 500gb hard drive showing only 127gb
mia vai wrote:
Hi few days ago my computer got virus and crash. Although I have Norton anti virus software install in my computer. Anyway I fixed it by clean hard drive and reinstall windows xp os. My computer has 2 hard drive primary 80gb and slave drive is 500gb. Problem is when I open my computer property there is 3 hard drive, drive C, drive D, and drive E. I assume E is the slave drive, which suppose to be 500gb now it's showing only 127 GB. I don't know what went wrong. Somebody please help me to fix that problem. Thank you. It sounds like you made mistakes in doing the reinstall of XP. Also, if the version of XP you installd did not have SP1 or SP2, then 127 Gig (137 Gig decimal) would be the largest a drive could be. It's possible the install created another drive for you because of that limitation, depending on how you answered questions during the install process. Also, it's possible that you installed XP to drive D instead of drive C by mistaking "1" as the first drive when it may have been numbered "0". If that happened, any data you had on the second physical hard drive will have been deleted on you. If I were you I'd try the install again and be absolutely certain you install to the correct hard drive (the 80 Gig?). One way to be certain would be to remove the connectors from your second physical hard drive, leaving only one drive in the computer. That way you can ONLY install it to the right drive. After it's installed, then plug in the other drive and reformat it if necessary. If you accidentally installed XP to that drive, your data is all gone anyway so reformat it is the fastest way to get it back to usability. I hope your data is backed up. Start the clean install right from the beginning: Boot from the CD, delete the partitions and recreate your system boot partition. Read the screens carefully; they will guide you through it all. http://www.theeldergeek.com/xp_home_..._-_graphic.htm or http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html After you're up and running again, look into research on backup strategies at wikipedia.com - they have a few excellent articles to explain all the terms and phrases. Consider imaging software instead of just backup software. The two most popular are Norton Ghost and Acronis True Image: Both are very capable, one costs a little more but has a few more bells & whistles & IMO is easier to use and works a little, not a lot, faster. They're a small investment for the peace of mind and the incredible amount of time they'll save by your not having to do manual rebuilds again. An external hard drive is recommended as storage medium though. There are free imaging programs too but I haven't used them in years so can't recommend anything specific. Perhaps others can. Whatever backup program you use, be certain it uses VSS (volume shadow copy) services. That's what allows it to back up the system files (files in use). Unless you're techinically savvy with computers you should avoid slipstreaming. It's almost always a waste of time and more often than not, fails when you need it the most. Plus, it's not a backup and does not save any of your own data as imaging/backup programs do. Anyway you look at it, external storage drives are almost necessary for backing up so if you can only afford one thing, go in that direction for the largest one you can afford. Up to 500 Gig is pretty cheap nowadays. In the absence of imaging software for backing up, you always have XP's native ntbackup.exe available. It will do a perfectly acceptable job of backing up your operating system and data. It's fully capable and well documented, just not as "pretty" as others nor quite as user friendly but even a newbie can use if they read the instructions. It will serve you fine until you can afford imaging software. You can use the Schedule to do monthly full backups and in between incremental backups, just like all the others do; it just takes a couple extra steps where the others mechanize it. HTH, Twayne |
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Why my 500gb hard drive showing only 127gb
mia vai wrote:
Hi few days ago my computer got virus and crash. Although I have Norton anti virus software install in my computer. Anyway I fixed it by clean hard drive and reinstall windows xp os. My computer has 2 hard drive primary 80gb and slave drive is 500gb. Problem is when I open my computer property there is 3 hard drive, drive C, drive D, and drive E. I assume E is the slave drive, which suppose to be 500gb now it's showing only 127 GB. I don't know what went wrong. Somebody please help me to fix that problem. Thank you. It sounds like you made mistakes in doing the reinstall of XP. Also, if the version of XP you installd did not have SP1 or SP2, then 127 Gig (137 Gig decimal) would be the largest a drive could be. It's possible the install created another drive for you because of that limitation, depending on how you answered questions during the install process. Also, it's possible that you installed XP to drive D instead of drive C by mistaking "1" as the first drive when it may have been numbered "0". If that happened, any data you had on the second physical hard drive will have been deleted on you. If I were you I'd try the install again and be absolutely certain you install to the correct hard drive (the 80 Gig?). One way to be certain would be to remove the connectors from your second physical hard drive, leaving only one drive in the computer. That way you can ONLY install it to the right drive. After it's installed, then plug in the other drive and reformat it if necessary. If you accidentally installed XP to that drive, your data is all gone anyway so reformat it is the fastest way to get it back to usability. I hope your data is backed up. Start the clean install right from the beginning: Boot from the CD, delete the partitions and recreate your system boot partition. Read the screens carefully; they will guide you through it all. http://www.theeldergeek.com/xp_home_..._-_graphic.htm or http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html After you're up and running again, look into research on backup strategies at wikipedia.com - they have a few excellent articles to explain all the terms and phrases. Consider imaging software instead of just backup software. The two most popular are Norton Ghost and Acronis True Image: Both are very capable, one costs a little more but has a few more bells & whistles & IMO is easier to use and works a little, not a lot, faster. They're a small investment for the peace of mind and the incredible amount of time they'll save by your not having to do manual rebuilds again. An external hard drive is recommended as storage medium though. There are free imaging programs too but I haven't used them in years so can't recommend anything specific. Perhaps others can. Whatever backup program you use, be certain it uses VSS (volume shadow copy) services. That's what allows it to back up the system files (files in use). Unless you're techinically savvy with computers you should avoid slipstreaming. It's almost always a waste of time and more often than not, fails when you need it the most. Plus, it's not a backup and does not save any of your own data as imaging/backup programs do. Anyway you look at it, external storage drives are almost necessary for backing up so if you can only afford one thing, go in that direction for the largest one you can afford. Up to 500 Gig is pretty cheap nowadays. In the absence of imaging software for backing up, you always have XP's native ntbackup.exe available. It will do a perfectly acceptable job of backing up your operating system and data. It's fully capable and well documented, just not as "pretty" as others nor quite as user friendly but even a newbie can use if they read the instructions. It will serve you fine until you can afford imaging software. You can use the Schedule to do monthly full backups and in between incremental backups, just like all the others do; it just takes a couple extra steps where the others mechanize it. HTH, Twayne |
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