formatting hard drive

[james1bo]

I have reformatted my computer. It has a 30gb hard drive on it. I am using xp as the os. but somehow only 256mb got recongnized. I want to know if there is a way for me to add the rest of the remaining space I have on the hd without having to reformat the entire thing and have to reinstall th os?

Im working with xp.

any ideas?

[Justice]

How do you have xp installed into 256mb of space? My fresh install of xp with nothing added takes up just over a gig's worth of space.

[Skyfrog]

but somehow only 256mb got recongnized.

Are you sure you aren't looking at the amount of RAM rather than disk space?

[XtremeMaC]

heh 1st of all xp won't allow u to install unless u've 700mb's or it was something close to that number.. 2nd as said its probably your ram.

double click my computer, right click on "c:" and go to properties to look at the size of the hdd.

or go to start menu, click on my comp , right click on "c:" and go to properties to look at the size of the hdd.

I very much wonder how u formatted it!