Windows XP Hard Drive Limit

[yogi_bear]

Please could you let me know if there is a hard drive limit on Windows XP Professional. I am building a machine for one of my clients who wants Windows XP. They bought a 200gb Hard drive, but when I startup the Windows XP Installation and it gets to formatting the HArd Drive., it tells me that I can only use 131gb of the hard disk. Is there a way of reclaming back the lost 70 gig? Thank you in advance.

Steve

PS, I do not think it is a hard drive fault, because my 160gig Hard Drive only formats to 131gb to. Thank you

 

[howard_hopkinso]

Your bios, and OS have to support 48bit LBA, in order to rcognise hdd`s larger than 131gig.

Take a look HERE

Regards Howard

 

[Tedster]

if your BIOS does not accept more than 131 gigs, you will need to partition that drive into sections 131 gigs or less.