loaded sp3

[billyo]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

Billyo why do you have to get a new HHD. Just reinstall XP and everything else you had on it. The hard drive is not destroyed. At the worst it will have to be reformatted and reloaded. Physically the drive is ok. If you don't understand how to do this get some local help from a computer repair place.
Have you checked Microsoft tech support (online) to see if there is a way to recover without having to reload?
Did you follow the steps in the Microsoft article I sent you and install their patch before you did SP3?

for reason i keep getting the same problem , like the first time i updated to sp3, my 250 gb hhd went down to 80 gb, after i got everything reloaded (i only loaded what came with my laptop ),which is what i had when i bought my laptop new..it's easier for me to start fresh, replaced the old drive get me another hhd, so that way if i update to sp3 i will only have whatever came with my laptop, no third party software, then maybe i'll be succesful updating sp3 ang maybe upgrade to 4.0