[Solved] formating hard drive

[pajamahead]

I have installed Windows XP Home edition ( upgrade ) after instaling Windows 98se on my PCon a new 40 g hard drive,. Unfortunately, Local Disc ( C: ) says total size of disc is only 2.00 gHelp, please , what's going on

[KenB]

I have installed Windows XP Home

Which Service Pack do you have?

 

XP should be showing SP3.

 

Start > Right click on My Computer > Properties

[pajamahead]

formating hard drive

 

service pack 1

[pajamahead]

formating hard drive

 

SP1

Which Service Pack do you have?XP should be showing SP3.Start > Right click on My Computer > Properties

[KenB]

That is probably your problem.

 

You need to get the SP3 upgrade.

You can get it from here:

click here

 

You may need to click on "Expand All" on the page.

 

Microsoft Support for XP ends March 2014.

[pajamahead]

Dear fellas

I used

AOMEI Partition Assistant (Standard Edition 5.2) to extend Primary Drive C to 15 gig

by reducing Logical Drive F by same amount

C Drive was previously only 2 gig ( tho 32 bit ) which was totaly inadequate for reinstallinq Windows XP, anyway

[KenB]

Hi

a new 40 g hard drive,. Unfortunately, Local Disc ( C: ) says total size of disc is only 2.00 g

You said a new HD ......... you should have let us know that you had partitioned it :)

 

C Drive was previously only 2 gig ( tho 32 bit ) which was totaly inadequate for reinstallinq Windows XP, anyway

Not quite true - XP requires at least 1.5GB hard disk space ....... although if you have more this is better.

 

You will still need the SP3 upgrade - SP1 is far too basic.

 

It seems you have had this problem before:

click here