New rig.....HDD Prob

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Hey frds,
Bought new machine today:
1. C2D 6320
2. Asus P5B
3. Transcend 2GB dual ch DDR2 800MHz
3. WD 250GB SATA-II HDD
4. XFX 256MB GF8600GT
My problem is that, when I connected my HDD and started format it using winXP bootable CD it shows me 130GB space...? What could be wrong? Is hard drive faulty?? Or anything else....?

hey If u r installing ur windows xp then u can do one thing i.e unpartion all the space and then again partion it make sure that the unpartion space is not more than 8 MB..........

Also One more thing for satisfaction is u can try connecting the hard disk through another SATA port