hard drive on xp

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Date: 02/07/04


Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 14:02:57 -0800

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>-----Original Message-----
>I just installed a Seagate 160 gig hard drive and used
the
>utility that came with it before I could install xp
home.
>My motherboard recognizes it as a Seagate 160 and during
>the utility I had to go through, it said that I could
only
>use 130gb on windows. XP shows it as that and was
>wondering if there was way to make xp see it as 160. I
>thought the utility pointed out something that after xp
>was installed that I could go back and do something with
>it. Any ideas if there is a way to make xp see it as
160?
>I do plan on very soon putting in a new motherboard with
>either an Athlon64 or FX and wonder if that would have
an
>affect on doing anything different with my drives.
Thanks
>for any suggestions.
>
>.
>



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