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Originally Posted by billyo
oh ok, that's what i've been using, i have an old Dell laptop, maybe 8 or 9 yrs old ( Inspiron 1000 ), my 4 yrs. old daughter is using it now.. and i did an xp home edition fresh re-install , change the hhd from 40-80g, and it gave me the same 80g space when i got done minus the data that was already pre-installed...if you can find a diff.PATA hhd, brand, besides WD try it...WD like i said is famous for not giving tthe right space when cloning..if you noticed when you got done cloning " in the partition space ( d: ) it says " unused space "..
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Billyo,
Thanks for all your suggestions. going from a 40 to 80gb is not a problem with Xp home addition. Going above 137gb is the problem. Xp sp1 or above will recognize above 137gb but you have to have a 48 bit bios not the 32 bit bios that came with my computer. This is confirmed by Microsoft and other so called experts. My bios is a Phoenix bios used on a AMI mother board. Supposedly there is not a 48 bit bios that will work with my system. I've done much research on this and this is what keeps coming back to me. I thought I could partition the drive to get around the 137 gb but apparently no matter how many partitions I put on the drive it still will only have a max of 137gb with my system. I think I am at the end of the road here.
Thank you so much for your help.
Walt