Re: Clean install to hard drive larger than 137GB?

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From: Ron Sommer (rsommer_at_nospam.ktis.net)
Date: 09/04/04 

Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 19:54:43 -0500

If you limit yourself to 137 GB, the only way to gain the use of the
remainder of the drive is to start from scratch. 

-- 
Ron Sommer
"John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:FB634044-7A9D-4330-898C-D43E063F857E@microsoft.com...
> Thanks all for info....
>
> The computer does not have room for a slave, otherwise I would have gone 
> the
> route you mentioned...
>
> I'm just going to plug it in, run partitionmagic, partition it, and then 
> run
> setup.....hope for the best
>
> : )

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