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  1. Feb 24th, 2004, 06:33 PM #1
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    partitioning problem

    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.

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  2. Feb 25th, 2004, 12:50 AM #2
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    Has he got an ATA 133 controller for starters? I know ATA 100 only sees about 120 GB.
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  3. Feb 25th, 2004, 11:14 AM #3
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    Yeah he does ATA 133 thats one the first things I checked
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  4. Feb 25th, 2004, 01:28 PM #4
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    Re: partitioning problem

    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.
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