2006-06-27 06:56:48 · 7 answers · asked by laned69 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
make sure your file system is FAT32 for Windows 9x or NTFS for XP or convert it then partition magic is a safe bet
FAT or FAT 16 only supports 2 gig
2006-06-27 07:02:12 · answer #1 · answered by bava 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two options: the free one or the expensive one.
Free: Reformat the drive to use the entire disk. Doing this will wipe everything so you would want to be sure to back up your data (pictures, music, documents, etc.) to a CD or DVD. Somewhere NOT on the hard drive.
Expensive: Purchase a disk partitoning software (PartionMagic has always worked will for me). It will allow you to expand the partition to the entire disk. Realize that if you have a second partition in the other part of the disk, it will be wiped. So you would want to back up anything on it first.
2006-06-27 14:04:13 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That really depends on your problem. You'll probably need to mess with partitions, Partition Magic is my favorite for that. It could be that other partitions are taking up the space, in which case they'll need to be deleted and your primary will need to be expanded. Or maybe there's a lot of unallocated space, which means the first part of deleting and resizing is done for you. It's possible that you can't see the space because it's hidden from your OS. Anyway, it comes down to partitioning.
2006-06-27 14:01:01 · answer #3 · answered by Sigurd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have a back up of you information somewhere, F Disk your hard and partiotion it again. But if you don't want to do so, you can use Partition Magic, it's a good software, but I think F Disking is a better choise.
2006-06-27 14:15:44 · answer #4 · answered by Neeku 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can easily do this by using a software called PartitionMagic which will allow you to resize the partition on your hard drive.
2006-06-27 14:04:03 · answer #5 · answered by Niles 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thre is a software : partation maizc with that you can do that
2006-06-27 15:14:13 · answer #6 · answered by John 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
use partitionmagic
2006-06-27 13:59:58 · answer #7 · answered by akg 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋