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gvout   08-05-2008 at 04:12:37 PM

Installed a Western Digital 320GB hard drive and installed Windows XP. As it was installing it asked if I wanted to set up a partition. I set it for 100GB/220GB. The smaller drive is showing up, but not the larger. I go to device manager and the WD 320GB is there. It says Disc: 0 / Type: Basic / Status: Online / Partition Style: Master Boot Record (MBR) / Capacity: 305242MB / Unallocated Space: 205244MB / Reserved Space: 0, ans at the bottom under Volumes it has Local Drive (I) capacity: 99998MB. What did I do wrong, and how do I get the other part to show up. Thank you.

Greg

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royalcrown   08-05-2008 at 04:32:42 PM
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go into disk management if it is xp pro, and format the second partition if it is RAW, if formatted give it a drive letter :) That'll fix it !
disk management is in the services snap in in the ctrl panel under computer mgmt btw.

 


Message edited by royalcrown on 08-05-2008 at 04:33:41 PM
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