You could have selected FAT32 for the new partition.
Also, "XP" only supported 127GB (or 137GB depending on how you count bytes). Fully discussed at http://www.48bitlba.com
Bob
My hard drive was working fine until my system crashed.
My os was XP professional. Since the crash, the drive will only format to a 23gb drive. Any help would be appreciated. I have already performed a low level format. any suggestions.
Mike

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