partitioning problem

[Archangel_B4U]

My friend has got a brand new 250 GB WD hard drive and has asked me to install it for him. I go to put his copy of Windows XP Home on it and the setup only sees 37 GB instead of 250GB. Well after looking at it awhile I decided to use Partition magic 8 Pro to make the partition 250GB after installing windows. All should be good right? Wrong, a week later he got about 36 GB used on the drive and windows got messed up and I had to reformat, so I did and about week later it happens again. Has anyone out there had this problem please shed some light.

Thanks

[Ideas Man]

Has he got an ATA 133 controller for starters? I know ATA 100 only sees about 120 GB.

[Archangel_B4U]

Yeah he does ATA 133 thats one the first things I checked

[Madboy]

Originally posted by Archangel_B4U
My friend has got a brand new 250 GB WD hard drive

Thats bloody massive compared to my 12Gb HDD! Tell him to send it through the post.:D