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PC TECH250 · January 8th, 2006, 04:39 PM

XP has been reinstalled a 250gb drive a few times lately without worrying about any drive overlay involved. And that is a copy without Service Pack 2. Are you using an upgrade or a
full installation disk? Check the disk for scratches, fingerprints, etc. If the disk is an upgrade
version you will need a working OS on the drive to upgrade from. A working full installation
disk will ready detect the full amout of the "raw" partition available after booting with it to
select the installation option. There is also a patch from MS for the 137gb limitation. Review
the Seagate article at: http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/...y_barrier.html

January 8th, 2006, 04:39 PM	#8 (permalink)
PC TECH250 Banned Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,467	XP has been reinstalled a 250gb drive a few times lately without worrying about any drive overlay involved. And that is a copy without Service Pack 2. Are you using an upgrade or a full installation disk? Check the disk for scratches, fingerprints, etc. If the disk is an upgrade version you will need a working OS on the drive to upgrade from. A working full installation disk will ready detect the full amout of the "raw" partition available after booting with it to select the installation option. There is also a patch from MS for the 137gb limitation. Review the Seagate article at: http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/...y_barrier.html