Re: add new disk space

I would'nt advise leaving it.
If your hd is 250gb, and you have two partitions totalling 130gb approx then
Disk Management should show approx 100gb of free space available for
partitioning.
As it doesnt it might indicate there is a fundimental problem with your disk
structure, and as such the disk may become either corrupt or unusable.

1) Does your motherboard Bios support large Disks? (make/model of mobo?)
2) What sp edition of win2k are you using to install?
3) Did you allow win2k to partition/format or did you use any utilities?
4) You are *sure* that Disk Management shows no free space, or another Drive
that hasnt been 'prepared'


"tex shalter" <anon@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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No it doesn't, guess I'll live what I have.
Going form 40 gigs to 130 isn't the end of the world.

No, not that way.
In Disk Management does it show free/unused space?
If so create a partion / format there





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