So I install a Seagate HD

[SS Junk]

which is a 160gig yet I'm only seeing 127gig of space? :confused:
Jumper in the wrong place? I have dual HD's and this one is set up in the "Master or single drive" position.

[exlude]

What version of windows are you installing? You will need SP2 for it to recognize it all, I believe.

[elzoro]

no, you installed it correctly but the industry lies to you. When companies advertise 160 gigabytes they go with the definition that a gigabyte is 1000 bytes because of the prefix giga. Computers interpret 1024 bytes as a megabyte so 160 gigs becomes 127 when you take off that 24 bytes on every megabyte.

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[QUOTE=exlude]What version of windows are you installing? You will need SP2 for it to recognize it all, I believe.[/QUOTE]
2000 XP Pro and just installed SP2 last night to no avail.

[QUOTE=elzoro]no, you installed it correctly but the industry lies to you. When companies advertise 160 gigabytes they go with the definition that a gigabyte is 1000 bytes because of the prefix giga. Computers interpret 1024 bytes as a megabyte so 160 gigs becomes 127 when you take off that 24 bytes on every megabyte.[/QUOTE]
My 120gig b/up which is a Maxtor shows it to be its advertised capacity.

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[QUOTE=SS RRR]2000 XP Pro and just installed SP2 last night to no avail.
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I think you have to be installing SP2 as the original install/partitioning, not installing SP1 then later updating it. Otherwise, you can go back now and create a second partition on that drive to use the rest of the space.

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[QUOTE=exlude]I think you have to be installing SP2 as the original install/partitioning, not installing SP1 then later updating it. Otherwise, you can go back now and create a second partition on that drive to use the rest of the space.[/QUOTE]
K... I'll try that and see what's up. Thanks!

[AbecX]

You using an old computer? That's a 28bit address limiting issue from ages ago, you can split that drive into 2, 127GB being the larger, and then make a 33GB partition of the rest. LMAO @ the industry lying at you comment, I wonder if that guy posted with tin foil on his head. If you want to make a partition bigger than 127GB, you'll need to make sure you have all of the latest bios and support packs ( yay windows ), if that doesn't work then most likely your hardware doesn't support 48bit addressing.

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[QUOTE=AbecX]You using an old computer? That's a 28bit address limiting issue from ages ago, you can split that drive into 2, 127GB being the larger, and then make a 33GB partition of the rest. LMAO @ the industry lying at you comment, I wonder if that guy posted with tin foil on his head. If you want to make a partition bigger than 127GB, you'll need to make sure you have all of the latest bios and support packs ( yay windows ), if that doesn't work then most likely your hardware doesn't support 48bit addressing.[/QUOTE]
That's more than likely the problem then. This HD is my main so yeah I don't have all the updates. The motherboard is only two years old so it should see the entire drive. For now I've just partitioned the 33gigs until I learn how to update the rest of this shit.