125gb out of 200gb..what gives?

[TKJay15]

I just finished installing windows on a new comp and the hard disk space reads 125gb but i have a 200gb Maxtor drive installed, only windows is installed on this system and 75gb is alot to have missing. Anyone know what the problem could be?

Thanks

link to hd:
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=100713-5

 

[swker98]

hello TKJay15 welcome to techspot

what OS do you have instalded with what service packs

also please post all of your specs

 

[TKJay15]

hello,

I have:
Windows XP home edition (no service packs right now)
Asrock 939 Dual Sata2
AMD Athlon 64 3200+
Saphire X1300 Pro Pciexpress
1gb DDR400
and the HD
Thanks again

 

[Nodsu]

You need XP SP1 or later to be able to use hard drives bigger than 137GB

 

[swker98]

yes, upgrade your windows to atlest sevirce pack one for it to recognise your full drive

 

[TKJay15]

ok, i just installed all the way up to SP2 and still no change. Do i have to make windows "resee" it or something?

Thanks for the help

 

[swker98]

just a thoguht, what date is your bios, this can be found at boot

 

[TKJay15]

Right now i have AMI Legal Bios Version 2.58
Edit:
I just looked at the motherboard info in CPU-Z and it gave me this:
Bios
Brand: American Megatrends, Inc.
Version: P1.40
Date:11/01/05

But in my bios on boot it gave me the above.

 

[swker98]

wow, it should infact recogince your whole hard drive,
to see if you SP2 instaldion was installed right hit
windows key + Peuse and you will get a screen listing your cpu ram and windows, what does it say

 

[Tedster]

read the sticky:

https://www.techspot.com/vb/topic36678.html

 

[Nodsu]

When you installed Windows then it created partition(s) worth of 137GB. You have to create another partition in the extra space after 137GB that should be visible in Disk Manager or resize your existing partition(s) to the unused space.