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October 29th 09, 10:27 AM
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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 
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October 29th 09, 10:35 AM
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HD 750G and higher
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
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October 29th 09, 10:35 AM
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HD 750G and higher
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
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October 29th 09, 10:57 AM
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HD 750G and higher
NTFS...its already done. want to re-format to use entire drive as 1
partition "John John - MVP" wrote in message ... 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
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October 29th 09, 10:57 AM
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HD 750G and higher
NTFS...its already done. want to re-format to use entire drive as 1
partition "John John - MVP" wrote in message ... 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
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October 29th 09, 11:29 AM
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HD 750G and higher
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" wrote in message ... 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
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October 29th 09, 11:29 AM
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HD 750G and higher
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" wrote in message ... 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
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October 29th 09, 02:55 PM
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HD 750G and higher
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
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October 29th 09, 02:55 PM
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HD 750G and higher
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
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October 30th 09, 11:16 AM
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HD 750G and higher
will give it another try this week-end...after moving everything of it. keep
ya posted "Shenan Stanley" wrote in message ... 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
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October 30th 09, 11:16 AM
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HD 750G and higher
will give it another try this week-end...after moving everything of it. keep
ya posted "Shenan Stanley" wrote in message ... 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
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October 30th 09, 12:52 PM
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HD 750G and higher
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" wrote in message ... 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
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October 30th 09, 12:52 PM
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HD 750G and higher
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" wrote in message ... 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
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#14
October 31st 09, 04:08 AM
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HD 750G and higher
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" wrote in message ... 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" wrote in message ... 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
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October 31st 09, 04:08 AM
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HD 750G and higher
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" wrote in message ... 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" wrote in message ... 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
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