Re: Problem with 160gb hard drive

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Hi,

How you proceed depends on the result you desire. You can simply create an
additional volume with free space (using the right-click option from the
disk manager), then format it and begin storing files. If you want to expand
the existing "C" drive into the free space, you will need a third party
partitioning utility like BootIT NG or Partition Magic.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
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Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Icedragon" <Icedragon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi
> Have new pc with 160gb Maxtor hd. 137gb recogised. Old version of xp pre
> sp1, have sp1 and 2 installed now. Also installed Maxtor Big Drive
> Enabler.
> In computer management recognises one drive of 152.66gb divided into 128gb
> ntfs - healthy (system) and 24.67gb unallocated. Right clicking on
> unallocated portion allows menu with â??new partitionâ?? then decide
> between
> primary or extended partition.
> Does anyone know the procedure from here on in, considering that the rest
> of
> the drive is already populated with programs and I donâ??t want to
> reformat?
>
> Cheers
> Icedragon
>


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