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NTFS Partition limit


darkkavenger

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Hello,

I am currently setting up new computers that have been delivered to us with SATA harddisks ranging from 160 to 320 Gb, and I had the displeasant surprise to see that I cannot format the disk at its full capacity. The installer limits itself to 128 Gb and once the system is installed, I've got no way to resize the partition to the full extent of the disk. Do you know any alternative that would avoid me to uninstall each harddisk and mount it & format it onto a running windows XP SP2 machine ?

That would really save me a lot of time.

Thanks in advance, and best regards,

Max

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Windows XP/SP2 and any mobo that hosts a SATA drive, won't have that 138 gig limitation.

If you don't have SP2, get it.

You might also check to make sure your mobo is up to date with the latest Bios.

I recently set up my new 200 gig hard drive with my own Windows ME boot disk.

It FDISK'd and Formatted the new drive right out to its maximum usable size. NO Problemo!

If you're hitting that 138 gig wall, something's just not up to date.

It's fixable.

Good Luck,

B)

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