250gig wd hd will only partition as a 125gig

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.
 

NikPreviousAcct

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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.
 

maleko

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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?
 

maleko

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thanks for the help, i found something that let me get the problem solved. thanks again.