darkkavenger Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 (edited) 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 Edited November 20, 2006 by darkkavenger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 Though personally I prefer drives multipartitioned, expecially with so large disks, wouldn't using a BartPE CD before install the easiest thing?jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda43 Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jftuga Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 Download BootIt NGhttp://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.htmlBurn image to a CD-ROM and boot from it.When it starts up and asks you if you want to install, choose Cancel.At the next menu, choose Partition Work.From here, you can now non-destructively repartition your disk.-John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkkavenger Posted November 21, 2006 Author Share Posted November 21, 2006 (edited) thank you for the replies. I'm using Windows XP business multilingual edition [non SP2], I wonder if I can streamline the current installation with SP2 / Edited November 21, 2006 by darkkavenger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bledd Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 (edited) use autostreamer if you dont want to put SP2 on the disc manuallyhttp://www.simplyguides.net/guides/using_a...ostreamer.shtmlthen after you'll have an ISO file, use imgburn to burn the image Edited November 21, 2006 by bledd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkkavenger Posted November 21, 2006 Author Share Posted November 21, 2006 thanks for the suggestion, heading there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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