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From: John on 30 May 2010 10:34
I have an original XP Pro operating system. I have found that it will
not use a large hard drive properly. It will not format a drive larger
than a 132Gb. It does not matter if the drive is SATA or IDE. I have a
later version of XP Home. This OS works properly. Can XP Pro be
updated or fixed some other way. I do not want to update to Windows7
yet.
Can someone help me please.
From: Bruce Chambers on 30 May 2010 11:59
John wrote:
> I have an original XP Pro operating system. I have found that it will
> not use a large hard drive properly. It will not format a drive larger
> than a 132Gb. It does not matter if the drive is SATA or IDE. I have a
> later version of XP Home. This OS works properly. Can XP Pro be
> updated or fixed some other way. I do not want to update to Windows7
> yet.
> Can someone help me please.


You need to update WinXP to at least SP1 before it can handle larger
hard drives.

For slip-streaming the service pack and subsequent updates to WinXP:

How to integrate software updates into your Windows installation source
files
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;828930

SlipStreaming WinXP
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/slipstream.htm



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From: nicola tesla on 1 Jun 2010 00:43
On May 30, 7:34 am, John <mail.cogeco.ca@> wrote:
> I have an original XP Pro operating system.  I have found that it will
> not use a large hard drive properly. It will not format a drive larger
> than a 132Gb. It does not matter if the drive is SATA or IDE. I have a
> later version of XP Home. This OS works properly. Can XP Pro be
> updated or fixed some other way. I do not want to update to Windows7
> yet.
> Can someone help me please.

Yes, look up your motherboard manufacturer and model. Go to their
website and download the bios update. If it is Intel, they have a bios
update that runs in windows.
After you do the bios update the problem will be solved.
From: John on 1 Jun 2010 06:46
Thanx for the info. I will chase up both postings

John

On Mon, 31 May 2010 21:43:46 -0700 (PDT), nicola tesla
<nicola.madscientist.tesla(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>On May 30, 7:34�am, John <mail.cogeco.ca@> wrote:
>> I have an original XP Pro operating system. �I have found that it will
>> not use a large hard drive properly. It will not format a drive larger
>> than a 132Gb. It does not matter if the drive is SATA or IDE. I have a
>> later version of XP Home. This OS works properly. Can XP Pro be
>> updated or fixed some other way. I do not want to update to Windows7
>> yet.
>> Can someone help me please.
>
>Yes, look up your motherboard manufacturer and model. Go to their
>website and download the bios update. If it is Intel, they have a bios
>update that runs in windows.
>After you do the bios update the problem will be solved.
From: relic on 1 Jun 2010 13:14

"nicola tesla" <nicola.madscientist.tesla(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:10bbe996-ffb7-4f1f-bb44-284477e954bc(a)u20g2000pru.googlegroups.com...
> On May 30, 7:34 am, John <mail.cogeco.ca@> wrote:
>> I have an original XP Pro operating system. I have found that it will
>> not use a large hard drive properly. It will not format a drive larger
>> than a 132Gb. It does not matter if the drive is SATA or IDE. I have a
>> later version of XP Home. This OS works properly. Can XP Pro be
>> updated or fixed some other way. I do not want to update to Windows7
>> yet.
>> Can someone help me please.
>
> Yes, look up your motherboard manufacturer and model. Go to their
> website and download the bios update. If it is Intel, they have a bios
> update that runs in windows.
> After you do the bios update the problem will be solved.

His "Original XP Pro" won't support >138GB. He needs to slipstream SP1 (at
least) to get large disk support.

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