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When I installed Windows XP Professional x64 Edition on a new HITACHI
Deskstar Hard Drive, at the time of installation it stated that the largest
partition that it would format was 130 GB and after installation I would be
able to create a new drive using the balance of the drive. Everything
installed and is working great.
But knowI have not been able to find out to create the second partition or
drive.

The new hard drive is a 250 GB

"R Smith" wrote:

> When I installed Windows XP Professional x64 Edition on a new HITACHI
> Deskstar Hard Drive, at the time of installation it stated that the largest
> partition that it would format was 130 GB and after installation I would be
> able to create a new drive using the balance of the drive. Everything
> installed and is working great.
> But knowI have not been able to find out to create the second partition or
> drive.
>

Use the manage console
Right click "My Computer >Manage> in the console window on the left
choose disk management.
In the window on the right find the space representing the un-partitioned /
unformatted
area of your disk and right click to partition that partition or format as
is.


"R Smith" <> wrote in message
news:E6075B51-5CF5-4F40-80F4-...
> The new hard drive is a 250 GB
>
> "R Smith" wrote:
>
> > When I installed Windows XP Professional x64 Edition on a new HITACHI
> > Deskstar Hard Drive, at the time of installation it stated that the
largest
> > partition that it would format was 130 GB and after installation I would
be
> > able to create a new drive using the balance of the drive. Everything
> > installed and is working great.
> > But knowI have not been able to find out to create the second partition
or
> > drive.
> >

Thanks Patrick, that worked great. So simple if you just know where to find it.
Thanks again


"Patrick" wrote:

> Use the manage console
> Right click "My Computer >Manage> in the console window on the left
> choose disk management.
> In the window on the right find the space representing the un-partitioned /
> unformatted
> area of your disk and right click to partition that partition or format as
> is.
>
>
> "R Smith" <> wrote in message
> news:E6075B51-5CF5-4F40-80F4-...
> > The new hard drive is a 250 GB
> >
> > "R Smith" wrote:
> >
> > > When I installed Windows XP Professional x64 Edition on a new HITACHI
> > > Deskstar Hard Drive, at the time of installation it stated that the
> largest
> > > partition that it would format was 130 GB and after installation I would
> be
> > > able to create a new drive using the balance of the drive. Everything
> > > installed and is working great.
> > > But knowI have not been able to find out to create the second partition
> or
> > > drive.
> > >
>
>
>

No Problem - happy to be of help.

But I have a question, if I may?
When you created the installation partition - what size did you decide on?

"R Smith" <> wrote in message
news:23CE2369-DAF9-4487-9AA9-...
> Thanks Patrick, that worked great. So simple if you just know where to
find it.
> Thanks again
>
>
> "Patrick" wrote:
>
> > Use the manage console
> > Right click "My Computer >Manage> in the console window on the left
> > choose disk management.
> > In the window on the right find the space representing the
un-partitioned /
> > unformatted
> > area of your disk and right click to partition that partition or format
as
> > is.
> >
> >
> > "R Smith" <> wrote in message
> > news:E6075B51-5CF5-4F40-80F4-...
> > > The new hard drive is a 250 GB
> > >
> > > "R Smith" wrote:
> > >
> > > > When I installed Windows XP Professional x64 Edition on a new
HITACHI
> > > > Deskstar Hard Drive, at the time of installation it stated that the
> > largest
> > > > partition that it would format was 130 GB and after installation I
would
> > be
> > > > able to create a new drive using the balance of the drive.
Everything
> > > > installed and is working great.
> > > > But knowI have not been able to find out to create the second
partition
> > or
> > > > drive.
> > > >
> >
> >
> >

You should have been able to use the entire 250GB if you wanted to
during installation. You may need to change a setting in your BIOS. I
have installed Win x64, and Win XP w/SP2, on 160GB and 250GB HDDs and
was able to partition and use the entire drive during setup.


R Smith wrote:
> When I installed Windows XP Professional x64 Edition on a new HITACHI
> Deskstar Hard Drive, at the time of installation it stated that the largest
> partition that it would format was 130 GB and after installation I would be
> able to create a new drive using the balance of the drive. Everything
> installed and is working great.
> But knowI have not been able to find out to create the second partition or
> drive.
>