Windows xp 137gb

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You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. I recently bought a new AMD Dualcore barebones system.

I had it running in a matter of minutes, but using only GB of the drive capacity, I read somewhere about slipstreaming the drive with the raid drivers at XP's initial setup. That is a whole nother story in itself, but was done. The WD LifeData tools that the drive came with, easily allows me to partition and format the drive into five gb drives. But upon installing XP, it only comes up as a gb drive and says it needs to be formatted. DiskManagement, again allowed me to re-partition the drive, but only into 4 partitions, one and three 's gb available reformat the drive and make it "active".

Then to install XP on the first partition XP setup shows the drive as a single gb drive again even though it's partitioned into smaller drives and needs to be formatted. What the hell gives? Everything seems to be OK again. Have I missed something basic, like do I have to "turn it on" and if so where isa it please? This simple upgrade has gone from bad to worse to a nightmare!

I thought I was being good by backing up absolutely everything to a completely different drive. The last thing I ever expected to happen was for it to disappear. Any ideas and suggestions gratefully received. Ford Prefect , Jul 16, Just in case it's not clear from the above, both my systems in the dual boot are WinXP Pro. I see no reason to have two versions of XP on the same computer.

Dual booting is usually used for two different Operating Systems. This could, although I cannot explain it , be causing a lot of conflicts across the drives. I also have never seen a reason for partitioning hard drives. I would then reformat the other three drives and setup as NTFS single partitions.

You may also need to use the particular manufacturers software in order to install these drives to their maximum potential. Also, if you prefer to have a single partition, third party applications such as Partition Commander from VCom or Partition Magic from Powerquest may be able to stretch the partition to annex the newly found capacity. This process is called "Slipstreaming" and is very complicated. You can search the Internet for "slipstreaming Windows XP" to find instructions on this process.

Seagate does not assist in preparing slipstream installation CDs. If not, you should install the Service Pack before working with the new hard drive.