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    XPS M1530 disk space missing

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by bclee, Feb 13, 2008.

  1. bclee

    bclee Newbie

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    I just bought a new Dell XPS M1530 laptop, the original OS is Vista Home Premium. When I install XP with the setup disk, due to CD error the installation is incomplete, so i just quit the installation. After that I find another xp setup disk and wana setup again, I found that the disk space is missing, my hardisk is 250GB, now i only can see one partition with 1xx GB only. Why? Where can i find the missing space?
     
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  2. sipp11

    sipp11 Notebook Consultant

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    you may take a look at Computer management then you should see where it really is.

    Start >> run "compmgmt.msc" >> disk management
     
    sipp11, Feb 13, 2008
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    bclee Newbie

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    I only can see 1 partiton 127.99GB only.
     
    bclee, Feb 13, 2008
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  4. Eykal

    Eykal Notebook Geek

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    Which version of XP? if its pre-SP2 then its most likely freaking out
    and then again it may be a driver issue, or a defective hard drive (maybe they gave you a 150 GB or something >.>, althuogh from dell, that most certainly would be freaky...)



    Edit: I found this from ATC in a completely different thread

    Having owned many Dells before (not proud of it or anything...) it will most likely not work as Dell XP OEM disks are tied to system Bios for bypassing activation. That's why you never actually activated XP. And being an OEM copy means that its licence is tied to that Dell machine for life.

    Anyone, please correct me if I'm wrong. I have been known to have gotten things like this one wrong before.

    Thats about boot camp, but the OEM thing might be that your laptop can only run that vista mcjiggy
     
    Eykal, Feb 13, 2008
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    sipp11 Notebook Consultant

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    imar3l Notebook Evangelist

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    pop in the vista cd and see if its still same....
     
    imar3l, Feb 13, 2008
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