Resolved Installed XP, where's the rest of my partition?

OK, I installed my new HDD with a new copy of Windows XP. I am very proud of myself for accomplishing this. However, I chose to make C: an 80GB partition during setup. That worked fine. The problem is, the rest of the HDD space (it's 250GB in all) is nowhere. Maybe I was supposed to designate a partition for the rest, but I thought Windows would automatically make the left over space its own partition. Now I only have 80GB showing up. Is there a way to make a partition with the rest of the space within Windows, or do I need to reinstall XP all over again?

Sorry to post yet again. Hopefully I can get this new copy of XP to function like my old one soon and I can stop bugging all you kind people.

 

You're doing well...

Start->run->diskmgmt.msc

From there you can create a new partition from the free space and assign a drive letter. If you require further assistance let us know.

 

Well that was certainly easy! It's formatting right now... I won't be back unless something goes horribly wrong, hahah.

I'm elated to have a working copy of Windows XP! Now begins the annoying task of trying to make it feel exactly like my old computer... only maybe a bit (a lot) more organized. Thanks for the help. What would I do without computer forums?!?

 

Hi lovemuffin,

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