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what is windows limit on the largest it can make a partition

Impr3ssiv3

As big as your harddrive

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The_Other_One

are you sure cuz i heard somewhere that windows only allows like 120something GBs for one partition

and in another post a guy had a 320GB HDD and only showed up 127GB which im wondering about

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Impr3ssiv3

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are you sure cuz i heard somewhere that windows only allows like 120something GBs for one partition

and in another post a guy had a 320GB HDD and only showed up 127GB which im wondering about

That was true in previous version of Windows and/or previous service packs. I had a 320GB SATA hard drive, and i could see 298GB (which is normal).

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[-0MEGA-]

if somebody's format is FAT32 instead NTFS, then you can only see 200GB...

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inclemental

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are you sure cuz i heard somewhere that windows only allows like 120something GBs for one partition

and in another post a guy had a 320GB HDD and only showed up 127GB which im wondering about

Pre SP1 or SP2 Windows XP versions only supported about 120Gb.

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mrjack

well i have a Windows XP Home and my unpartitioned space is only 131GB instead of 250GB

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Impr3ssiv3

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well i have a Windows XP Home and my unpartitioned space is only 131GB instead of 250GB

Sounds like you have a pre SP/1/2 CD, If you have a burner download SP2 and slipstream it to your windows CD

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StrangleHold

no idea how to slipstream

and i have a Windows XP Home Edition

isnt SP1 the standard

it says version 2002

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Impr3ssiv3

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no idea how to slipstream

and i have a Windows XP Home Edition

isnt SP1 the standard

it says version 2002

Dont know I have a Copy of XP Pro 2002 and it doesnt

Slipstream
http://winsupersite.com/showcase/win...slipstream.asp

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