XP PRO WITHOUT ACKNOWLEDGING MY 500 GB HARD DRIVE ONLY SEE 137 GB. I USE SP3.

XP PRO WITHOUT ACKNOWLEDGING MY 500 GB HARD DRIVE ONLY SEE 137 GB.  I USE SP3.

Have you looked at the disk with the disk management snap-in for the
Microsoft Management Console to see how the disc was awarded?

Type: .  Then type: diskmgmt.msc/s.  See also:

KB309000 - How to use disk management to configure basic in Windows XP disks

KB313348 - How to partition and format a drive hard using the Windows XP Setup program

KB308423 - How to use the management of the computer in Windows XP

There are a lot more availabe knowledge base articles.
Go to http://support.microsoft.com and search for "xp disk management.

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    I'm so glad all your fears & roadblocks have been made not, & in the end, it was possible to accomplish the task against our initial concerns - count in a very loose way with the greatest ease.

    Here are some pictures of the Station of Clone (the box) exactly like the one I used:

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