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I recently bought a new 320gb hard drive formatted it and now it only detects 120gb how do I get the rest


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Hello,does it showup in disk management?


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Yes it does and in my computer but in disk management it also only show 120gb


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You could use this to resize partition:Ranish Partition Manager - Free software downloads and reviews - CNET Download.com


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K bt the guy at the shop said cause I got a Via KT400 I need new bios


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Default Re: Why Does My Hard Drive Not Detect The Rest Of The Space

Could you run this:Belarc Advisor - Free Personal PC Audit

This will give us the specifications we need,ie mainboard.


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