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.

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?

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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
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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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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