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250gig wd hd will only partition as a 125gig

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maleko

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ok, i just got my new setup, and as i was installing windows something caught my eye, and i could only confirm it once i was done installing xp, my 250gig wd hd, is only partitioned as a 125gig, wtf? i had xp partition the thing to it's max, but it's only 125gigs, my question is how do i get my hd to be full size? if at all possible i want the thing to be one volume, but if i cant have that then i'll settle for 2 125 gig volumes, but as i said, would prefer one. any help or insight as to why xp did this would be very useful, this is the first time i've had a hd this big, so i'm not too sure of how this works. oh, the drive is sata2 btw if that makes any difference.
 
Common problem on older boards. Your motherboard bios only recognizes up to, like, 130GB or something. I forget, but it's right around there. Is it an older mobo? Flashing the bios or downloading the fix may help, but you're going to have to re-partition the drive anyway.
 
it's a brand new asus a8n-sli deluxe, it says that it recognises it as a 250gig, but xp only sees it as a 125/130 gig. i know i'm going to have to repartition it if i want a single volume, but is there a way to just add another volume that takes up the rest of the space?
 
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