Re: Cannot Format Entire Drive

Boot from the XP cd.

phal wrote:

XP Home originally on drive. I am trying to install Professional.
Compaq Presario, 2.2 ghz, 200 gig HD, 512 ram.
I am working on a computer for family friend. It was totally infested with spyware, viri, you name it.
200 gig hard drive, 59 gig of space being used
I used a Win 98 boot disk to format. I noticed that only the 59 gig was formatted, the other 130 gig would not show up as being available.
I have removed all partitions and reinstalled still getting only 59 gig.
At the moment I have a 59 gig partition on the computer. I tried to make a larger Logical drive but the computer says no space is available to do so.
I have jacked with computer for years now, but I am no expert by any means.
The friends who know more than me say that the 98 Boot disk is not the problem.
Looking for suggestions.
Thanks....gary


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