Hard drive capacity Help

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I have just upgraded my pc with several new components including a 250 GB
HD. I formatted the HD and loaded Windows XP Pro. I now have the pc
running well and am in the process of re-loading software. Through reading
the helpful ideas on this newsgroup, I have learned about the 137 gb limit
for hard drives. I have downloaded and installed SP 2 which I have read is
necessary for the system to recognize hard drives larger than this 137 gb
limit. I am now stumped. I don't know what my next move should be to be
able to use this unrecognized space on my new hard drive. When I look under
computer management, it indicates that the hard drive (C:\) is 127.99 GB
NTFS Healthy and 104.89 GB unallocated. When I look at C:\ under My
Computer it tells me that it has 102 GB free space with a total size of 127
GB. I would like to get to the point where I have a C:\ drive that shows me
250 GB in one partition. I am hoping to avoid having to divide the hard
drive into 2 partitions to use it. Thanks for any help you might provide.


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