I have installed a few hard drives before. I am thinking to myself that I shouldn't be having this problem. Here are my problems. I have a Pentium 4 computer. The hard drive currently in it is simply too small. So I elected to install a 200 GB HD. I am using Windows XP Prof. The HD is from Western Digital. I am installing Windows Xp as a completely NEW OS. The BIOS sees the HD just fine, and the XP installation seems to be going well with out any problems. When I get to the part during the installation about partitioning this 200 GB drive the only size that Windows will recognize is 14245 MB. I am trying for an NTFS PARTITION. I can try to change this amount , but it will not accept any changes to a HIGHER amount. So my capacity is roughly 17.5 MB out of 200 GB.
Disk Management shows the amount mentioned. I was advised to format this partition while I am in Disk Management. Unfortunately, when I select FORMAT it is greyed out and can not be selected. I have tried to install this drive as one large drive, and as a partitioned drive. Both work out from this stand POINT. The problem is that I can not get Windows to see all 200 GB's no matter what I try. I admit it has been quite some time since I installed a hard drive. I could be missing a simple step. That's okay too. At this point I need a good laugh. Can any one tell me what I am doing wrong? When you get to the partition screen, delete the old partition(s) and create a new partition in the unallocated space. I believe I have figured out the 200 GB installation problem, thanks