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Is it safe yet? I have heard so much bad stuff about it. Have they fixed it lol? Also my HD does not show up as 160GB which it is, it shows up as 137, i am aware of this problem of Windows XP not recognizing big drives, but how do I fix it?? I have a Western Digital Hard Drive, IDE. I tried the big space thing from Maxtor, the fix program. It said I do not have the right operating system for it. I do not think I even have SP1 lol. Can someone tell me where i can get SP1 and ONLY SP1?? Thanks.

PS: I guess throw in a place to get SP2, only if they fixed it though lol.

You need to buy a 48 bit ide card and hook your drive up to it. should see it ok
forget service pack 1 and install service pack two here is a link to the free cd from Microsoft

I don't recomend the download online, it can fail and mess up--get the disk, its free.

why do i need a 48 bit IDE card? i dont think thats right... you shouldnt have to go and buy this card. Alot of ppl i no have said they just applied the patch, and bam, it worked.

Anyone gonna help us on this??

WE have been loading SP2 since it came out and have not had any problems. I run it on my system with no issues.

ok but what size is your hdd if its only small u wont have any problems??

Windows has always had a problem reporting the hard drive size. I would not consider the hard drive " tanked " just because it reports the HD size wrong. Don't get me wrong
if there was an alternative to windows I would be using it. But for now it's all we got and if you'r on the net sp2 is a necessary evil.

I have heard a lot of complaints about SP2 and how bad it is. I my self have never had any problems with it. If your computer is not up to par and has problems before the update it will most likely fail. It is a big update and changes Windows it's self. If there is any operating files missing or are wrong.

Before doing any updates I would make sure all spam is off your system and do a disk check and other maintanance issues. It will save a lot of headache later. I would almost advise reformatting your computer to have a clean operating system before the updates. I have had no problems though in either case. I do a lot of updates with SP1 and SP2 with no troubles.

As for reporting correct HD size, Good Luck. I find Western Digital has a good drive and have never gone wrong through them.

Good Luck

Be sure and back up...........

WOW! That's deep

I don't think it's a SP2 problem or a controller problem. The system seems to be reading the drive, windows is just mis-reporting it. Which I have seen in almost all their versions at one time or another. I still say load SP2 and not to worry about it.

But that's JMHO

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