Ken, This makes sense but this would mean there would have to be a partition of some type already on it to hold these files. I did look and only see what I've created. I have a similar issue with a WDC 320 GB drive I bought a while ago. It only shows me 299 GB. Maybe it is the way WDC sets up the drive?
Al -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of DoubleLegal Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 1:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] XP and hard drive size No, XP does not have a limit. What is probably happening is that the hard drive came with some files already on it - drivers and such - so XP is seeing the available space left on the hard drive. Go through Windows Explorer, or my computer if you have that on the desktop and see if there are already files on it. I just got a 1TB hard drive and it had about 7 files already on it. Those files were for automatically setting up a backup for my CPU's hard drive, and programs to make it compatible with Windows or a Mack. I didn't want those files but wanted to keep them for future use just in case, so I copied those files to my C drive and then deleted them from the 1TB drive. After that I had a full 1TB drive to use. HTH Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" <[email protected]> To: "Blind-Computing" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 8:49 AM Subject: [Blind-Computing] XP and hard drive size >I just purchased a new 750 GB hard drive from Tiger Direct. > However, I notice Win XP Pro is only recognizing it as 699 > GB. Does XP have a limit on the size a hard drive can be? > > thanks > Al > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
