250gb hard drive

**dextermovies** · 08-03-2004, 09:28 PM

Well, I am newb to linux .... only used it a few times. I just got a 250gb hd, and linux only lets me use 30gb of it .... I figured out how to make it let me use the whole thing on windows ... but this aint windows, so I have no clue what to do...

any help is appreciated ...

**Discerner0** · 08-04-2004, 05:27 AM

I'm going to take a stab at it and guess that you have partitioned 220 GB of your 250 GB hard drive for Windows' NTFS. Am I right?

**dextermovies** · 08-04-2004, 09:21 PM

nope, I do not have windows installed on my hd .. windows only saw 30gb or my hd too ....

**Discerner0** · 08-04-2004, 09:42 PM

Originally Posted by dextermovies

.... I figured out how to make it let me use the whole thing on windows...

If Windows only "saw" 30 GB of the 250 GB hard drive, what did you do to make it let you use the whole thing?

How old is your computer? Perhaps there is some kind of BIOS issue.

**Yuanlong** · 08-05-2004, 01:11 AM

Would it be that you have only partitioned 30G of the hhd space only? Windows or linux won't be able to see the space you didn't partition.

**shah** · 08-05-2004, 02:08 AM

It's time for you to upgrade your bios.

**dextermovies** · 02-01-2005, 08:03 PM

well, I have a computer that is running amd athlon 64bit processor , 2400+ speed .. 2 512 xms memory stick, 1 1gb memory stick (all corsair, so they are not cheap) .. a 250gb hard drive, and a 168 gb hard drive ... I have to use western digital to make winodws see all of my hard drive space ... and I have the most up to dat bios I could find a download for ...

I have several differn't types of linux os's ... and all only see 30gb of my hd .... I have windows installed on my 168gb .. I want to use all of my 250gb for linux, and evetually conver my 168gb to linux as well ..

my 250gb hard drive is not partioned at all ..

**OErjan** · 02-01-2005, 09:32 PM

what does fdisk say about the drive?

**dextermovies** · 02-02-2005, 03:34 AM

I thought fdisk was just used for partioning ... and it is not included windows xp .. as far as I know

**firebyrd10** · 02-02-2005, 03:44 AM

For the most simplistic approach, open a Console (little black box at bottom of screen) and type

sudo qtparted

Click the drive (make sure nothing is mount on that disk) and check things out.

If there is alot of grey then that space isn't partitioned.