Vista - Installed Seagate 200 GB

12-16-2007

I installed Seagate 200 gb hard drive. It is my new boot drive, old one
failed. I had to install the hard drive with the 137 gb limitation as my
original XP Professionial was pre SP1. I now have everything installed.
Bios recognizes the 200 gb capacity. Now that Windows XP sp 2 is installed
on the new 200 gb drive, how do I get Windows to use the whole 200 gb drive
and not just the 137 gb. Tried to get help from Seagate but their help is
somewhat lacking. Their literature says you can get Windows to recognize the
whole 200 after installation but never tells you how.

**dmex** · 12-16-2007

Check the Partition Size under Computer Management, You might have to either create or resize the partition.

12-16-2007

You can use Acronis Disk Director or BootItNG to repartition your drive any
way you want it..

www.acronis.com

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/

--
Mike Hall - MVP
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx

"rj" <rj@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

>I installed Seagate 200 gb hard drive. It is my new boot drive, old one
> failed. I had to install the hard drive with the 137 gb limitation as my
> original XP Professionial was pre SP1. I now have everything installed.
> Bios recognizes the 200 gb capacity. Now that Windows XP sp 2 is
> installed
> on the new 200 gb drive, how do I get Windows to use the whole 200 gb
> drive
> and not just the 137 gb. Tried to get help from Seagate but their help is
> somewhat lacking. Their literature says you can get Windows to recognize
> the
> whole 200 after installation but never tells you how.

12-16-2007	#1 (permalink)
rj n/a posts	Installed Seagate 200 GB I installed Seagate 200 gb hard drive. It is my new boot drive, old one failed. I had to install the hard drive with the 137 gb limitation as my original XP Professionial was pre SP1. I now have everything installed. Bios recognizes the 200 gb capacity. Now that Windows XP sp 2 is installed on the new 200 gb drive, how do I get Windows to use the whole 200 gb drive and not just the 137 gb. Tried to get help from Seagate but their help is somewhat lacking. Their literature says you can get Windows to recognize the whole 200 after installation but never tells you how.
My System Specs

12-16-2007	#2 (permalink)
dmex Windows Vista™ Ultimate 2,631 posts	Re: Installed Seagate 200 GB Check the Partition Size under Computer Management, You might have to either create or resize the partition.
My System Specs

12-16-2007	#3 (permalink)
Mike Hall - MVP n/a posts	Re: Installed Seagate 200 GB You can use Acronis Disk Director or BootItNG to repartition your drive any way you want it.. www.acronis.com http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/ -- Mike Hall - MVP http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx "rj" <rj@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:257A796E-BC33-4E3E-867D-11B65CE2EE9B@xxxxxx Quote: >I installed Seagate 200 gb hard drive. It is my new boot drive, old one > failed. I had to install the hard drive with the 137 gb limitation as my > original XP Professionial was pre SP1. I now have everything installed. > Bios recognizes the 200 gb capacity. Now that Windows XP sp 2 is > installed > on the new 200 gb drive, how do I get Windows to use the whole 200 gb > drive > and not just the 137 gb. Tried to get help from Seagate but their help is > somewhat lacking. Their literature says you can get Windows to recognize > the > whole 200 after installation but never tells you how.
My System Specs

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