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Why my 500gb hard drive showing only 127gb
mia vai wrote:
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. 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. 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. Twayne wrote: 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. My questions for the original poster (mia vai)... - Do you have an actual unmodified (non-unattended) Windows XP installation CD? (Not a recovery/restoration set.) What does the media you are using to install look like/say on the lablel(s)? - If you open Disk Management (Start button -- RUN -- DISKMGMT.MSC -- OK) What do you see under the "Volume", "File System", "Capacity" and "% Free" columns? - What version of Windows XP do you currently have installed? Start button -- RUN (no "RUN"? Press the "Windows Key" + R on your keyboard) -- type in: winver -- Click OK. The picture at the top of the window that opens will give you the general (Operating System name) while the line starting with the word "version" will give you the rest of the story. Post both in response to this message verbatim. ;-) Twayne, I disagree with part of your statement. That part is this, [ 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." Anyone with a computer (a single computer) can test a newly created integrated Windows XP CD at no cost (other than time) - given said single computer is currently working - if it is not working - then your argument falls apart anyway - given their original installation isn't at risk - since you are not risking something if it doesn't work already. It's done using virtual machines - and yes - I believe it is just that simple. No second machine required. Free. I have also seen very few failures in creating the integrated Windows XP CDs - especially when utilizing automated tools such as nLite or AutoStreamer (both suggestions were given, directly or indirectly.) I also feel you neglected to add details about why there is no 'requirement' to create an integrated Windows XP Installation CD - given the entire set of facts in the conversations so far. Simply put - if the installer has no need for a larger than 127GB partition (at installation time) - then they do not need installation media with SP1a or greater integrated. Later installation of said service packs will give them the ability they may seek later. "mia vai" decided that the best way to repair their issue was a clean installation of Windows XP. "mia vai" obviously either did not know what they were doing and/or they had a restoration/recovery CD/DVD set and not a true Windows XP installation CD. This is how one could explain that they ended up with two physical hard drives and three total partitions that they seem confused about (meaning they did not expect that so it is unlikely that they went through the steps carefully/properly to create the partitions during what would be a normal setup process if they had the actual Windows XP installation CD.) Given the current state (fresh install, unlikely to be very far into it, etc), "mia vai" has a few options - but it is unclear which one would be best to suggest at this time - given the lack of information. - Does "mia vai" have an actual unmodified (non-unattended) Windows XP installation CD? (Not a recovery/restoration set.) - What service pack level (if any) is the true Windows XP installation CD (if they have one) "mia vai" at - what service pack is integrated into it? If "mia vai" has an actual Windows XP installation CD, it's probably *not* SP1a or beyond. If it was (and if they did not do something strange the first time) they would have a partition on the 500GB drive greater than 127GB. Given they do not know how they ended up with three partitions and it would not be the case for any default/unmodified installation Windows XP CD to format/repartition all drives in the system (this would all be manual) - I would chance to say the most likely scenario is that "mia vai" has a recovery/restoration set and use that to restore the computer. The computer likely originally came with this set and only an 80GB hard disk drive. At some time after the original purchase, "mia vai" likely purchased and installed/had installed the 500GB secondary hard disk drive. Unfortunately - it is possible that those who created the restoration set made it so it just deleted and created new partitions on every drive it saw. First physical drive - split into two partitions and install Windows XP. All other physical drives, delete and create the largest partiton plausible and format it. Another option is that "mia vai" did this manually - just not wisely/carefully. Yet another option is that "mia vai" is just seeing the result of not having yet installed Windows XP Service Pack 1a or beyond and that the installation of the later service packs will resolve their issue and they will see the entire drive. In any case - your response seemingly had nothing to do with the original posters actual question/problem or even the response you replied to's actual intent. JS may have made a mistake (in assuming "mia vai" wanted to use the 500GB hard disk drive as their primary drive *and* wanted to see it as 500GB at installation time.) However - given the mistake as fact - JS is correct that in order to do this without some fancy FAT32, pre-installation footwork; the easiest way is to utilize a integrated (with SP1a or beyond) installation media for Windows XP. Required? Nope. Easier? Likely, yeah. And the only one to say "required" at that point - was you. So how about actually helping the original poster instead of whatever it was you were intending to do? (If it is even you and not some imposter again...) -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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Why my 500gb hard drive showing only 127gb
mia vai wrote:
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. 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. 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. Twayne wrote: 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. My questions for the original poster (mia vai)... - Do you have an actual unmodified (non-unattended) Windows XP installation CD? (Not a recovery/restoration set.) What does the media you are using to install look like/say on the lablel(s)? - If you open Disk Management (Start button -- RUN -- DISKMGMT.MSC -- OK) What do you see under the "Volume", "File System", "Capacity" and "% Free" columns? - What version of Windows XP do you currently have installed? Start button -- RUN (no "RUN"? Press the "Windows Key" + R on your keyboard) -- type in: winver -- Click OK. The picture at the top of the window that opens will give you the general (Operating System name) while the line starting with the word "version" will give you the rest of the story. Post both in response to this message verbatim. ;-) Twayne, I disagree with part of your statement. That part is this, [ 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." Anyone with a computer (a single computer) can test a newly created integrated Windows XP CD at no cost (other than time) - given said single computer is currently working - if it is not working - then your argument falls apart anyway - given their original installation isn't at risk - since you are not risking something if it doesn't work already. It's done using virtual machines - and yes - I believe it is just that simple. No second machine required. Free. I have also seen very few failures in creating the integrated Windows XP CDs - especially when utilizing automated tools such as nLite or AutoStreamer (both suggestions were given, directly or indirectly.) I also feel you neglected to add details about why there is no 'requirement' to create an integrated Windows XP Installation CD - given the entire set of facts in the conversations so far. Simply put - if the installer has no need for a larger than 127GB partition (at installation time) - then they do not need installation media with SP1a or greater integrated. Later installation of said service packs will give them the ability they may seek later. "mia vai" decided that the best way to repair their issue was a clean installation of Windows XP. "mia vai" obviously either did not know what they were doing and/or they had a restoration/recovery CD/DVD set and not a true Windows XP installation CD. This is how one could explain that they ended up with two physical hard drives and three total partitions that they seem confused about (meaning they did not expect that so it is unlikely that they went through the steps carefully/properly to create the partitions during what would be a normal setup process if they had the actual Windows XP installation CD.) Given the current state (fresh install, unlikely to be very far into it, etc), "mia vai" has a few options - but it is unclear which one would be best to suggest at this time - given the lack of information. - Does "mia vai" have an actual unmodified (non-unattended) Windows XP installation CD? (Not a recovery/restoration set.) - What service pack level (if any) is the true Windows XP installation CD (if they have one) "mia vai" at - what service pack is integrated into it? If "mia vai" has an actual Windows XP installation CD, it's probably *not* SP1a or beyond. If it was (and if they did not do something strange the first time) they would have a partition on the 500GB drive greater than 127GB. Given they do not know how they ended up with three partitions and it would not be the case for any default/unmodified installation Windows XP CD to format/repartition all drives in the system (this would all be manual) - I would chance to say the most likely scenario is that "mia vai" has a recovery/restoration set and use that to restore the computer. The computer likely originally came with this set and only an 80GB hard disk drive. At some time after the original purchase, "mia vai" likely purchased and installed/had installed the 500GB secondary hard disk drive. Unfortunately - it is possible that those who created the restoration set made it so it just deleted and created new partitions on every drive it saw. First physical drive - split into two partitions and install Windows XP. All other physical drives, delete and create the largest partiton plausible and format it. Another option is that "mia vai" did this manually - just not wisely/carefully. Yet another option is that "mia vai" is just seeing the result of not having yet installed Windows XP Service Pack 1a or beyond and that the installation of the later service packs will resolve their issue and they will see the entire drive. In any case - your response seemingly had nothing to do with the original posters actual question/problem or even the response you replied to's actual intent. JS may have made a mistake (in assuming "mia vai" wanted to use the 500GB hard disk drive as their primary drive *and* wanted to see it as 500GB at installation time.) However - given the mistake as fact - JS is correct that in order to do this without some fancy FAT32, pre-installation footwork; the easiest way is to utilize a integrated (with SP1a or beyond) installation media for Windows XP. Required? Nope. Easier? Likely, yeah. And the only one to say "required" at that point - was you. So how about actually helping the original poster instead of whatever it was you were intending to do? (If it is even you and not some imposter again...) -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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Why my 500gb hard drive showing only 127gb
No I just thought it was a good idea as their is
the possibility that 80GB will go south and either the 500GB drive or a newly purchased drive will replace the old 80GB model. A check on the web shows you most likely will be able to get a drive larger than 80GB for the same cost or only a few extra dollars. Since it appears that before "mia vai" reinstalled XP the 500GB drive was fully accessible (from the original post as a single partition E it would appear that whatever CD was used to reinstall XP did not included Service Pack 1. So the user has two choices, the first I already mentioned and as Shenan already indicated the CD may not have included SP1 so choice #2 which I did not mention is that after SP1, SP2 and or SP3 is applied and the 500GB drive is recognized properly is to do and Image Backup, that way "mia vai" will not be required to start from scratch should the need arise. -- JS http://www.pagestart.com "Shenan Stanley" wrote in message ... mia vai wrote: 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. 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. 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. Twayne wrote: 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. My questions for the original poster (mia vai)... - Do you have an actual unmodified (non-unattended) Windows XP installation CD? (Not a recovery/restoration set.) What does the media you are using to install look like/say on the lablel(s)? - If you open Disk Management (Start button -- RUN -- DISKMGMT.MSC -- OK) What do you see under the "Volume", "File System", "Capacity" and "% Free" columns? - What version of Windows XP do you currently have installed? Start button -- RUN (no "RUN"? Press the "Windows Key" + R on your keyboard) -- type in: winver -- Click OK. The picture at the top of the window that opens will give you the general (Operating System name) while the line starting with the word "version" will give you the rest of the story. Post both in response to this message verbatim. ;-) Twayne, I disagree with part of your statement. That part is this, [ 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." Anyone with a computer (a single computer) can test a newly created integrated Windows XP CD at no cost (other than time) - given said single computer is currently working - if it is not working - then your argument falls apart anyway - given their original installation isn't at risk - since you are not risking something if it doesn't work already. It's done using virtual machines - and yes - I believe it is just that simple. No second machine required. Free. I have also seen very few failures in creating the integrated Windows XP CDs - especially when utilizing automated tools such as nLite or AutoStreamer (both suggestions were given, directly or indirectly.) I also feel you neglected to add details about why there is no 'requirement' to create an integrated Windows XP Installation CD - given the entire set of facts in the conversations so far. Simply put - if the installer has no need for a larger than 127GB partition (at installation time) - then they do not need installation media with SP1a or greater integrated. Later installation of said service packs will give them the ability they may seek later. "mia vai" decided that the best way to repair their issue was a clean installation of Windows XP. "mia vai" obviously either did not know what they were doing and/or they had a restoration/recovery CD/DVD set and not a true Windows XP installation CD. This is how one could explain that they ended up with two physical hard drives and three total partitions that they seem confused about (meaning they did not expect that so it is unlikely that they went through the steps carefully/properly to create the partitions during what would be a normal setup process if they had the actual Windows XP installation CD.) Given the current state (fresh install, unlikely to be very far into it, etc), "mia vai" has a few options - but it is unclear which one would be best to suggest at this time - given the lack of information. - Does "mia vai" have an actual unmodified (non-unattended) Windows XP installation CD? (Not a recovery/restoration set.) - What service pack level (if any) is the true Windows XP installation CD (if they have one) "mia vai" at - what service pack is integrated into it? If "mia vai" has an actual Windows XP installation CD, it's probably *not* SP1a or beyond. If it was (and if they did not do something strange the first time) they would have a partition on the 500GB drive greater than 127GB. Given they do not know how they ended up with three partitions and it would not be the case for any default/unmodified installation Windows XP CD to format/repartition all drives in the system (this would all be manual) - I would chance to say the most likely scenario is that "mia vai" has a recovery/restoration set and use that to restore the computer. The computer likely originally came with this set and only an 80GB hard disk drive. At some time after the original purchase, "mia vai" likely purchased and installed/had installed the 500GB secondary hard disk drive. Unfortunately - it is possible that those who created the restoration set made it so it just deleted and created new partitions on every drive it saw. First physical drive - split into two partitions and install Windows XP. All other physical drives, delete and create the largest partiton plausible and format it. Another option is that "mia vai" did this manually - just not wisely/carefully. Yet another option is that "mia vai" is just seeing the result of not having yet installed Windows XP Service Pack 1a or beyond and that the installation of the later service packs will resolve their issue and they will see the entire drive. In any case - your response seemingly had nothing to do with the original posters actual question/problem or even the response you replied to's actual intent. JS may have made a mistake (in assuming "mia vai" wanted to use the 500GB hard disk drive as their primary drive *and* wanted to see it as 500GB at installation time.) However - given the mistake as fact - JS is correct that in order to do this without some fancy FAT32, pre-installation footwork; the easiest way is to utilize a integrated (with SP1a or beyond) installation media for Windows XP. Required? Nope. Easier? Likely, yeah. And the only one to say "required" at that point - was you. So how about actually helping the original poster instead of whatever it was you were intending to do? (If it is even you and not some imposter again...) -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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Why my 500gb hard drive showing only 127gb
No I just thought it was a good idea as their is
the possibility that 80GB will go south and either the 500GB drive or a newly purchased drive will replace the old 80GB model. A check on the web shows you most likely will be able to get a drive larger than 80GB for the same cost or only a few extra dollars. Since it appears that before "mia vai" reinstalled XP the 500GB drive was fully accessible (from the original post as a single partition E it would appear that whatever CD was used to reinstall XP did not included Service Pack 1. So the user has two choices, the first I already mentioned and as Shenan already indicated the CD may not have included SP1 so choice #2 which I did not mention is that after SP1, SP2 and or SP3 is applied and the 500GB drive is recognized properly is to do and Image Backup, that way "mia vai" will not be required to start from scratch should the need arise. -- JS http://www.pagestart.com "Shenan Stanley" wrote in message ... mia vai wrote: 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. 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. 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. Twayne wrote: 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. My questions for the original poster (mia vai)... - Do you have an actual unmodified (non-unattended) Windows XP installation CD? (Not a recovery/restoration set.) What does the media you are using to install look like/say on the lablel(s)? - If you open Disk Management (Start button -- RUN -- DISKMGMT.MSC -- OK) What do you see under the "Volume", "File System", "Capacity" and "% Free" columns? - What version of Windows XP do you currently have installed? Start button -- RUN (no "RUN"? Press the "Windows Key" + R on your keyboard) -- type in: winver -- Click OK. The picture at the top of the window that opens will give you the general (Operating System name) while the line starting with the word "version" will give you the rest of the story. Post both in response to this message verbatim. ;-) Twayne, I disagree with part of your statement. That part is this, [ 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." Anyone with a computer (a single computer) can test a newly created integrated Windows XP CD at no cost (other than time) - given said single computer is currently working - if it is not working - then your argument falls apart anyway - given their original installation isn't at risk - since you are not risking something if it doesn't work already. It's done using virtual machines - and yes - I believe it is just that simple. No second machine required. Free. I have also seen very few failures in creating the integrated Windows XP CDs - especially when utilizing automated tools such as nLite or AutoStreamer (both suggestions were given, directly or indirectly.) I also feel you neglected to add details about why there is no 'requirement' to create an integrated Windows XP Installation CD - given the entire set of facts in the conversations so far. Simply put - if the installer has no need for a larger than 127GB partition (at installation time) - then they do not need installation media with SP1a or greater integrated. Later installation of said service packs will give them the ability they may seek later. "mia vai" decided that the best way to repair their issue was a clean installation of Windows XP. "mia vai" obviously either did not know what they were doing and/or they had a restoration/recovery CD/DVD set and not a true Windows XP installation CD. This is how one could explain that they ended up with two physical hard drives and three total partitions that they seem confused about (meaning they did not expect that so it is unlikely that they went through the steps carefully/properly to create the partitions during what would be a normal setup process if they had the actual Windows XP installation CD.) Given the current state (fresh install, unlikely to be very far into it, etc), "mia vai" has a few options - but it is unclear which one would be best to suggest at this time - given the lack of information. - Does "mia vai" have an actual unmodified (non-unattended) Windows XP installation CD? (Not a recovery/restoration set.) - What service pack level (if any) is the true Windows XP installation CD (if they have one) "mia vai" at - what service pack is integrated into it? If "mia vai" has an actual Windows XP installation CD, it's probably *not* SP1a or beyond. If it was (and if they did not do something strange the first time) they would have a partition on the 500GB drive greater than 127GB. Given they do not know how they ended up with three partitions and it would not be the case for any default/unmodified installation Windows XP CD to format/repartition all drives in the system (this would all be manual) - I would chance to say the most likely scenario is that "mia vai" has a recovery/restoration set and use that to restore the computer. The computer likely originally came with this set and only an 80GB hard disk drive. At some time after the original purchase, "mia vai" likely purchased and installed/had installed the 500GB secondary hard disk drive. Unfortunately - it is possible that those who created the restoration set made it so it just deleted and created new partitions on every drive it saw. First physical drive - split into two partitions and install Windows XP. All other physical drives, delete and create the largest partiton plausible and format it. Another option is that "mia vai" did this manually - just not wisely/carefully. Yet another option is that "mia vai" is just seeing the result of not having yet installed Windows XP Service Pack 1a or beyond and that the installation of the later service packs will resolve their issue and they will see the entire drive. In any case - your response seemingly had nothing to do with the original posters actual question/problem or even the response you replied to's actual intent. JS may have made a mistake (in assuming "mia vai" wanted to use the 500GB hard disk drive as their primary drive *and* wanted to see it as 500GB at installation time.) However - given the mistake as fact - JS is correct that in order to do this without some fancy FAT32, pre-installation footwork; the easiest way is to utilize a integrated (with SP1a or beyond) installation media for Windows XP. Required? Nope. Easier? Likely, yeah. And the only one to say "required" at that point - was you. So how about actually helping the original poster instead of whatever it was you were intending to do? (If it is even you and not some imposter again...) -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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Why my 500gb hard drive showing only 127gb
You must have a bad burner!
-- JS http://www.pagestart.com "Twayne" wrote in message ... 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
You must have a bad burner!
-- JS http://www.pagestart.com "Twayne" wrote in message ... 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
Slipstream has allways worked for me, on various systems
"Twayne" wrote in message ... 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
Slipstream has allways worked for me, on various systems
"Twayne" wrote in message ... 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
Same here. The only thing about them is that homemade cds are not as
though as factory cds, they tend to not last all that long. But that has nothing to do with slipstreaming, its just a fact of life with homemade burned cds. John DL wrote: Slipstream has allways worked for me, on various systems "Twayne" wrote in message ... 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
Same here. The only thing about them is that homemade cds are not as
though as factory cds, they tend to not last all that long. But that has nothing to do with slipstreaming, its just a fact of life with homemade burned cds. John DL wrote: Slipstream has allways worked for me, on various systems "Twayne" wrote in message ... 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
On Sat, 16 May 2009 19:44:46 +0100, "DL"
wrote: Slipstream has allways worked for me, on various systems And the same for me. Twayne's warning is completely inappropriate. By the way, the word "slipstreaming" was originally used to refer to the practice of many software manufacturers of including updates to their product on the distribution CD without any real announcement of what they were doing or differentiation of the various kind of CDs. It was always a disparaging term because it was poor practice. It was used as a way for the manufacturer not to have to print a different box, manual, etc. for the updated version, and to sell older stock that didn't appear to be outdated, but actually was. That saved them money, but it left the customer unable to tell whether he was buying the new version or the old. Somewhere along the line, people started creating their own updated versions of some software, by merging the update files with the original CD. Someone got the bright idea to call it by the same name "slipstreaming," without realizing that the name was originally used in a disparaging way. The term stuck. I dislike the use of the word this way, but the original meaning has been lost, so I long ago gave up trying to fight it. Since everybody now uses it simply to mean a version with the upgrade incorporated in it, I reluctantly go along. So these days a slipstreamed copy of XP simply means an installation CD that you've made yourself that incorporates an upgrade, such as SP2. "Twayne" wrote in message ... 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. -- 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 19:44:46 +0100, "DL"
wrote: Slipstream has allways worked for me, on various systems And the same for me. Twayne's warning is completely inappropriate. By the way, the word "slipstreaming" was originally used to refer to the practice of many software manufacturers of including updates to their product on the distribution CD without any real announcement of what they were doing or differentiation of the various kind of CDs. It was always a disparaging term because it was poor practice. It was used as a way for the manufacturer not to have to print a different box, manual, etc. for the updated version, and to sell older stock that didn't appear to be outdated, but actually was. That saved them money, but it left the customer unable to tell whether he was buying the new version or the old. Somewhere along the line, people started creating their own updated versions of some software, by merging the update files with the original CD. Someone got the bright idea to call it by the same name "slipstreaming," without realizing that the name was originally used in a disparaging way. The term stuck. I dislike the use of the word this way, but the original meaning has been lost, so I long ago gave up trying to fight it. Since everybody now uses it simply to mean a version with the upgrade incorporated in it, I reluctantly go along. So these days a slipstreamed copy of XP simply means an installation CD that you've made yourself that incorporates an upgrade, such as SP2. "Twayne" wrote in message ... 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. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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Why my 500gb hard drive showing only 127gb
"DL" wrote in message
... Slipstream has allways worked for me, on various systems They've failed for me a few times, but the failure has always occurred during the slipstream process itself. Specifically, the failures occurred because some OEM's (in my case Dell) included other updates to the install, and the slipstream process could not cope and gave up. It's my understanding that Dell has since modified their approach and their CDs can be slipstreamed. But if the slipstreaming process completed without error, the disk worked perfectly. "Twayne" wrote in message ... 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
"DL" wrote in message
... Slipstream has allways worked for me, on various systems They've failed for me a few times, but the failure has always occurred during the slipstream process itself. Specifically, the failures occurred because some OEM's (in my case Dell) included other updates to the install, and the slipstream process could not cope and gave up. It's my understanding that Dell has since modified their approach and their CDs can be slipstreamed. But if the slipstreaming process completed without error, the disk worked perfectly. "Twayne" wrote in message ... 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
John John - MVP wrote:
Same here. The only thing about them is that homemade cds are not as though as factory cds, they tend to not last all that long. But that has nothing to do with slipstreaming, its just a fact of life with homemade burned cds. That's not only silly it's patently untrue. CDs do not "degrade" as you imply. If you have CDs that seem to degrade, there is someting else at work; once burned, they're physically "set". You could have misaligned heads where it might not work in another drive, but that's about all. Twayne` John DL wrote: Slipstream has allways worked for me, on various systems "Twayne" wrote in message ... 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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