XP Pro and Large HD 1

[katman96]

I have a new Seagate 200gig drive and I am getting ready to do a clean install of XP Pro. Performing a regular fdisk and format gives you 130 something gig. Am I understanding this correctly that after SP1 is installed I will be able to format the remaining portion of the drive?

Is there another format within XP that I should be using?

Thanks

 

[linney]

Perhaps you should consider using the NTFS file system instead of FAT32. Subdividing the drive into smaller partitions is an option for you too.

313348 - HOW TO: Partition and Format a Hard Disk in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;313348&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwinpro01/html/winpro0900.asp

Limitations of the FAT32 File System in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314463

Things also to consider.

331958 - Hard Disk May Become Corrupted When Entering Standby or Hibernation or When Writing a Memory Dump

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;331958&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

303013 - How to Enable 48-bit Logical Block Addressing Support for ATAPI Disk Drives in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303013&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH