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(PeteCresswell)
Flightless Bird
I've tried installing XP several times now - both with a virgin
Samsung 500-gigger from Samsung, and a tried-and-true WD 250.
In both cases, the XP setup seems tb seeing a disc of only 131+
megs.
First time around, with the 500-gigger, I just went with it. Got
what looked tb a good install, but the system partition was, as
expected, only 127 gigs. However when I went to create a second
partition via MyComputer | Manage | Disk Management was only
seeing 127 - i.e there was not the expected 300+ gigs of
unpartitioned space.
Similar deal with the 250.
Then I took the 500, put it in a USB wrapper, plugged it into
another XP box, and formatted/partitioned it with a 40-gig system
partition and the balance as a data partition.
Put it back in the problem box and XP install still saw 131 gigs
as the total disc space.
Went through the same exercise with the 250, similar results.
What's magic about 131-or-so gigs?
I've also gotten several blue screen w/"A problem has been
detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your
computer. DRIVE_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL"
Not every time... just about 1 out of every three attempts.
My gut says "User Error"... but what am I doing wrong?
D865GLCLK Intel 865G Socket 478 mobo.
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PeteCresswell
Samsung 500-gigger from Samsung, and a tried-and-true WD 250.
In both cases, the XP setup seems tb seeing a disc of only 131+
megs.
First time around, with the 500-gigger, I just went with it. Got
what looked tb a good install, but the system partition was, as
expected, only 127 gigs. However when I went to create a second
partition via MyComputer | Manage | Disk Management was only
seeing 127 - i.e there was not the expected 300+ gigs of
unpartitioned space.
Similar deal with the 250.
Then I took the 500, put it in a USB wrapper, plugged it into
another XP box, and formatted/partitioned it with a 40-gig system
partition and the balance as a data partition.
Put it back in the problem box and XP install still saw 131 gigs
as the total disc space.
Went through the same exercise with the 250, similar results.
What's magic about 131-or-so gigs?
I've also gotten several blue screen w/"A problem has been
detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your
computer. DRIVE_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL"
Not every time... just about 1 out of every three attempts.
My gut says "User Error"... but what am I doing wrong?
D865GLCLK Intel 865G Socket 478 mobo.
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PeteCresswell