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Thanks for your reply xpcman! I tried Easeus but it gave me the same answers as Disk Management, it thinks the drive is only 120GB with no unallocated space.
Checking the properties of the HD, it's shown as having 14410 cylinders and 255 heads, identical to the old drive, doing the maths that gives a total size of 120GB. Acronis seems to have changed the actual properties of the drive.
Checking the properties of the HD, it's shown as having 14410 cylinders and 255 heads, identical to the old drive, doing the maths that gives a total size of 120GB. Acronis seems to have changed the actual properties of the drive.
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Jan 8, 2009 at 09:35 PM
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Did you click on "Resize/move Partition"?
Select your C drive - click on Resize/Move Partition the window should show 200 GB of "unallocated space" you want to resize the partition to 360 GB starting at the ending point of your 120GB.
Select your C drive - click on Resize/Move Partition the window should show 200 GB of "unallocated space" you want to resize the partition to 360 GB starting at the ending point of your 120GB.
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Jan 9, 2009 at 10:29 AM
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Hey xpcman, I tried again but it shows no unallocated space, only a single 120GB partition. If I delete the partition it shows 120GB unallocated space and when I create a new partition, the maximum size is 120GB. Thanks for your suggestion though.
See this link re XP only recognizing part of a drive
https://www.techspot.com/community/topics/accessing-more-than-137gb-on-large-hard-disks-read.36678/
https://www.techspot.com/community/topics/accessing-more-than-137gb-on-large-hard-disks-read.36678/
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Hey guys,
Thanks for all your help. In the end, I found out the issue. It occurs when you try and clone some Dell HDD's, they've got hidden system restore partitions which cloning programs don't read properly, corrupting the drive you're cloning to. I tried sending it back to Western Digital, they factory reconditioned it and gave it a new serial etc, it didn't fix the issue at all. The only thing that worked was Dariks Boot and Nuke, wish I'd tried it first, great utility.
Thanks again for your suggestions.
Ben
Thanks for all your help. In the end, I found out the issue. It occurs when you try and clone some Dell HDD's, they've got hidden system restore partitions which cloning programs don't read properly, corrupting the drive you're cloning to. I tried sending it back to Western Digital, they factory reconditioned it and gave it a new serial etc, it didn't fix the issue at all. The only thing that worked was Dariks Boot and Nuke, wish I'd tried it first, great utility.
Thanks again for your suggestions.
Ben
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Jan 8, 2009 at 02:28 PM
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You can download Easeus Partition Manager it should fix things. You could add a second partition of 200 GB and keep Windows on the first 120 GB partition. If you used the free version of Acronis it does not resize the hard disk, only in the purchased program.
https://download.cnet.com/EaseUS-Partition-Master-Free-Edition/3000-2248_4-10863346.html?tag=mncol%3Bpop&cdlPid=10982635
https://download.cnet.com/EaseUS-Partition-Master-Free-Edition/3000-2248_4-10863346.html?tag=mncol%3Bpop&cdlPid=10982635