without partitioning and making other logical drives. right now it only sees 137gb on an ide internal hd
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you could be having a hardware problem rather than just windows not seeing your drive, it depends on your motherboard's ability to support that capacity drive!\nwhat you need to do is provide the specs of your computer so readers can get an idea of what we're dealing with here so we will be better able to advice you, but in my opinion it more seems hardware than software problem, sometimes it could even be simply a jumper setting on your hard drive or mainboard that will allow windows to see your full capacity, it can be a sticky situation, check your board's BIOS also and see if updates are available for it as that could also be a problem too, in all of this i do wish you good luck.
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Dont delete mircosoft updates just buy and bigger internal drive or an external drive sometime like 200gb
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You formatted using FAT32.  Use FAT16 on smaller volumes.
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If u want to create or edit partitions use norton partition magic by symantec.  no need to format ur drive no need to delete for resizing just let ur drive be empty and use resize option\n\nPS: boot from the bootable parition magic cd . thats the best option
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If you're using an older OS like Win98, it can't see ntfs partitions.  It sounds like the 120GB drive is formatted in ntfs and the recovery partition is formatted in FAT32 (which all Windows OS recognizes).\n\nI suggest reformatting the drive in FAT32 or upgrade to WinXP.
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I don't know how big your HD is, but this is how I do it.\n\nFirst... I save everything I want to keep EXTERNALLY.\n\nThen I re-partition the hard drive, using one partition for the OS (C:), one partition for the Applications, one partition for Data. (NOTE: Use "save as" rather than "save" to put data in folders on data partition.)\n\nThen I reload the OS and everything else I need, in the appropriate partitions. (Use "custom" load to change the prtition where you load Appplications)\n\nThen I make "backups" regularly, stored EXTERNALLY.  That way I can simply reload the OS when needed, and then use the "backup" program to "restore from backup", overwriting the OS or other applications and/or files as needed, (like after a crash!!)\n\nOn systems that permit it, a "Recovery" or "Restore" disc set, or restore point, should be made IMMEDIATELY after loading is complete, so you can have a "base" point to start from.  \nI also make a "manual" restore point before loading any new application or making any critical system changes, just in case of problems.
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Start.... My Computer.... C: drive.  Look at the far left column, scroll down to the bottom, and it will tell you how many GB are used and how many are free on your computer.\n\nIf yours is nearly full, then you would want one that has more than you already have.\n\n\nI♥♫→mia☼☺†
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If you are on a very tight budget, then get an internal 3.5 inch hard disk drive IDE or ATA will be adequate.  Buy the enclosure, separately.  You will be able to save a lot of money and you will be able to get a bigger hard disk drive.\n\nIf money is no object and dont want the hassle of putting everything together then buy a retail external hard disk drive.  However, the capacity of the hard disk will be relatively low when compared to the price.\n\nThe main difference is that a retail ready drive comes pre-configured with software and is truly plug and play.  If you open it up, you are not going to see anything different.\n\nPutting together and setting it up is easy.  A little patience is all that is required.  I have three external hard disks.  I managed to get some bargains online.  Saved a bundle.\n\nI have written a couple of guides on this, it may prove to be useful.  See below
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JUst change the HDD with another brand type HDD. Try Western Digital, they are pretty good at hard drives.
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Get a disk compactor.  Just use Yahoo to search for one.  It slows it down but frees a ton of space.  Also clear files you don't use.
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Well, that depends on your personalization. If you want, you can make a 15 gig drive just for the windows, 30 gigs for you own stuff, and if you install lots of programs, you can as well dedicate 15 gigs for programs in another drive. If you don't install much programs, just dedicate 15 for C: and 45 for D:
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Try to get Partition Magic,  It can partition and format your drives without destroying you Win Home.
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There might be multiple partitions, i.e a 2GB C: drive and a 18GB D: drive. If this is the case then you can, of course, still use all of the drive the way it is, but if you wanted to make it all one partition you'd need to format the drive and reinstall windows.
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Partition Magic might be able to do it from outside Windows. You can download a free trial version from a link on this page at PC World's website. http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,7324,00.asp
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The system has to take up some room. I think it doesn't count the drive space used by the system programs and libraries. The amount it gives you is the amount you're free to work with. Plus, you probably won't be using all of that up anytime soon anyway.
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your problem is called "The ATA Interface Limit (128 GiB / 137 GB) Barrier". you can resolve that problem with downloading and executing a software tool available on the homepage of the hard disk manufacturer. for example for the Maxtor hard disks the tool is called MaxBlast4 (it can break open this 137GB barrier of the OS).
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I would assume you got that on ebay from hong kong...they compress the drive to make it hold more and when you format it you take it back to its orriginal/correct size....you got screwed! I have not figuered out how to make it take 2 gigs again....I run a computer shop and I just had a customer with the same problem.\n\n-Doc-