Did Fix and still 137GB

[iSkylla]

I have a Maxtor 300GB SATA, did the fix and it still stuck at 137GB, is there something that I need to change in BIOS?

[BillLeeLee]

Go into disk manager - you have to format all that unused space now and make partitions out of them.

Right click 'My Computer' -> Manage.

[iSkylla]

Can I connect it to my existing drive? I want one partition.

[_Durandal_]

You basically have two options:

1) Use a program like PartitionMagic to do it for you
2) Reformat after making a slipstreamed Windows XP disc (which I'll assume you're running) and make sure to delete all existing partitions (so you can form one continuous one)

You can either follow this guide: http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp2_cd.htm

Or, you can use nLite to do it for you: http://www.nliteos.com/nlite.html

If you've already set up a bunch of programs/games and don't want to format, then option 1 is by far the best choice, but you'll have to pay for it.

[RavenD]

Can I connect it to my existing drive? I want one partition.
Third party software such as Partition magic will let you merge or resize partitions. Otherwise, you'd have to reformat with an SP2 slipstreamed XP disc.

[Ice Czar]

third option

from a parallel install create a single partition

is there any particular reason you require a single partition?
your sure an NTFS volume mounted as a folder (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307889&sd=tech) wont do?

[iSkylla]

Did it with Partition Magic. Got my full 279GB from my 300GB HD, thanks guys.