mauri wrote:
> i want to do a clean install on my 400gb SATA drive but when i do
> it, of course it only shows 137 gb available. how do i fix this? i
> want all my gigs cause it really bugs me to have programs and stuff
> installed on 2 drives as i had before...
>
> BACKGROUND
>
> k so my 120 gb hd was filling up so i decided to get a cheap but
> highly rated 400gb wd sata drive. i cloned my boot drive and
> everything booted (old drive no longer plugged in) and everything
> worked fine. the thing is, some programs got corrupted and every
> file (like word docs for ex) have the generic icon that is given to
> a file with no known supported program. so im thinkin, 'screw it,
> i'll do a clean install.' and heres where im at...ive searched and
> searched and have found nothing that can help me. the way my comp
> was before was that i had programs installed on a separate drive
> from my c: drive. long story short, it created to many generic
> icons and im just anal with organization and i want everything to
> be on one drive. the only thing i want on any other drive are my
> editing projects.
Integrate SP2 into your installation media and install Windows XP w/SP2 and
you should be able to format (NTFS) the entire 400GB.
Google for 'slipstream SP2 into Windows XP'...
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