Thanks for your reply Dragonfly, but I believe I did not express correctly my problem. I cannot install winxp pro because the program finds ONLY 478MB of un-partitioned space on the hard drive, and nothing else.No mention at all about partitioned/usable space besides that 478MB. My only given choice would be to partition/install in that 478MB.I believe that disk management showed a healty drive with a capacity of 37 GB at the end of formatting. This thing is driving me crazy. I MUST be doing something wrong!
alex --- In [email protected], Dragonfly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You are almost there. > > If you have formatted a 40Gig drive, why don't you install XP in the > formatted portion? :~) (Sorry, I couldn't resist.) > > If it displayed as a healthy drive, what was the capacity? > > In disk management you can see all partitions when preparing the drive. > If you see more than one partition on the drive, delete all partitions > until there is only one big unallocated space. Then create one partition > and format it. It may not take up all the space but should only leave a > small amount of unallocated space. There may be 5 - 20 megabytes. 478 MB > is much more than should be left. > > Dragonfly > > lfibonacci wrote: > > > > Hello, > > I have formatted a 40gb slave hard drive (loaded with winxp home > > edition) by selecting Disk Management and then format,and at the end > > of the formatting it showed like a HEALTHY drive, but if I connect it > > as a primary drive trying to load a new operating system (winxp pro), > > I get a message sying that the unpartitioned space is only 478MB out > > of 40GB. > > Could anyone help me to figure out what I'm doing wrong? > > Thanks in advance for any advice/suggestion. > > > > alex > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:lfibonacci%40yahoo.com> > > > > > If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
