Problem with hard drive partion

[dfau5592]

i installed a 120 gb hard drive in my dell tower, when it asked me to partion it i did but i put in the wrong number of megabytes, I installed windows xp. now it shows i only have a 30 gb hard drive. please help

Thank You,
Dean Faulhaber

 

[Hawkeye22]

Use disk management. Select the partition, right-click and select extend partition/volume.

 

[Dell Manish]

Hello,

My name is Manish and I work for the Social Media and Community Team at Dell. It appears to be an issue with HDD partition not done correctly. Please follow below mentioned troubleshooting steps to help you resolve this issue

1. Go to Start and right click on My Computer
2. Click on Manage
3. You will see Computer Management window
4. On the extreme left under storage column please look for Disk Management option
5. Double Click on Disk Management and you will see a Disk Management window
6. On the right side you will see Unallocated
7. Please do a right click on Unallocated and click New Simple volume
8. Keep hitting Next and finally click on finish. A new partition will be created and you will be able to see the space in My Computer

Thanks,
Dell-Manish N

 

[Hawkeye22]

Hello,

My name is Manish and I work for the Social Media and Community Team at Dell. It appears to be an issue with HDD partition not done correctly. Please follow below mentioned troubleshooting steps to help you resolve this issue

1. Go to Start and right click on My Computer
2. Click on Manage
3. You will see Computer Management window
4. On the extreme left under storage column please look for Disk Management option
5. Double Click on Disk Management and you will see a Disk Management window
6. On the right side you will see Unallocated
7. Please do a right click on Unallocated and click New Simple volume
8. Keep hitting Next and finally click on finish. A new partition will be created and you will be able to see the space in My Computer

Thanks,
Dell-Manish N

The OP doesn't want a second partition, just one large one. He needs to extend his first partition.