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[Johnny Mac]

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\John>diskpart

Microsoft DiskPart version 5.1.3565

Copyright (C) 1999-2003 Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: HOMEPC-5FCW6470

DISKPART> list disk

Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
-------- ---------- ------- ------- --- ---
Disk 0 Online 233 GB 105 GB

DISKPART> select disk 0

Disk 0 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> list volume

Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
Volume 0 D GIGABYTE CDFS DVD-ROM 550 MB
Volume 1 C NTFS Partition 128 GB Healthy System

DISKPART> select volume 1

Volume 1 is the selected volume.

DISKPART> extend

DiskPart failed to extend the volume.
Please make sure the volume is valid for extending.

DISKPART>

Nae working, gay.

<1> Click start menu
<2> Click Run
<3> Type diskmgmt.msc
<4> Maximise it and take a screenshot
<5> Post it up

[Johnny Mac]

Still showing as 120 odd Gb.

Updated my BIOS too, but that has done nothing.

Driving me isane!

Hard Drive Capacity Problem - Help! - TechSpot Troubleshooting

Found that article about 48-Bit LBA..... and windows XP service packs.

I'm stumped.

[Stripey]

Um, that is not a 500 gig drive. Look at what is detected by the bios at boot time, because you appear to have a 250 gig drive.

[Johnny Mac]

Originally Posted by Stripey

Um, that is not a 500 gig drive. Look at what is detected by the bios at boot time, because you appear to have a 250 gig drive.

Yeah sorry, I put a 250 in to try it earlier.

Same thing as was happening with the 500 though.

In the BIOS it comes up fine as 250Gb, it's just when windows loads it reverts to 127Gb.

I'm formatting the unallocated space that is on the disc and putting a new partition in........

[emergency72]

Originally Posted by Johnny Mac

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\John>diskpart

Microsoft DiskPart version 5.1.3565

Copyright (C) 1999-2003 Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: HOMEPC-5FCW6470

DISKPART> list disk

Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
-------- ---------- ------- ------- --- ---
Disk 0 Online 233 GB 105 GB

DISKPART> select disk 0

Disk 0 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> list volume

Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
Volume 0 D GIGABYTE CDFS DVD-ROM 550 MB
Volume 1 C NTFS Partition 128 GB Healthy System

DISKPART> select volume 1

Volume 1 is the selected volume.

DISKPART> extend

DiskPart failed to extend the volume.
Please make sure the volume is valid for extending.

DISKPART>

Nae working, gay.

Read my post again...boot with an NTFS boot disk (perhaps the windows recovery console has diskpart?)....you can't extend a boot volume when it's live!!

Originally Posted by Johnny Mac

Yeah sorry, I put a 250 in to try it earlier.

Same thing as was happening with the 500 though.

In the BIOS it comes up fine as 250Gb, it's just when windows loads it reverts to 127Gb.

I'm formatting the unallocated space that is on the disc and putting a new partition in........

can you post a fullscreen one, it may be more helpful

Put the hdd in as a slave hdd then use diskmgr.msc to format/merge the partitions

Is it xp home or pro?

[MattJimF]

same problem solved here

Some manufacturers partition the disk to be supported by xp1

MattJimF
same problem solved here

Originally Posted by Johnny Mac

It's SP2. Which is weird, as I know it's SP1 that can only handle up to 130 odd Gb.

I'll check that setting when I get home tonight.

Cheers dude.

Im assuming sp2 is installed