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Old 01-05-2006, 06:16 AM
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Default New Hard Drive in Windows XP

Question - Windows doesn't recognize the full Hard Drive size. How can I
correct this?

I bought a Western Digital 160GB Hard Drive, my old one (40 GB) crashed. I
installed and formatted it using Data Lifeguard Tools (came with Hard Drive).
The BIOS recognized the drive as 160GB.
I loaded my Windows XP Home disk, which included SP1a. After it finished
loading, I looked at the HD size and it shows as 149 GB. I have since loaded
SP2.
Because it shows 149 GB, I must be okay with the "no bigger than 137 GB"
issue.
Thanks...
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