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Formatted a WD500GB hard drive with windows xp using the fat32 format. the disk space shows only 1.99GB FREE HOW CAN I GET THE DISK TO BE THE FULL CAPACITY MINUS THE OPERATING SYSTEM, PLEASE HELP

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Creating and formatting a new partition:

  1. In the lower windowpane on the right hand side, you should see unallocated space for the drive. Right-click anywhere on the unallocated space to see a menu of available options.
  2. Click on Create Partition
  3. The Create Partition Wizard will appear. Click on Next.
  4. Leave Primary partition selected and click Next.
  5. Choose the partition size and click Next.
  6. Leave Assign a drive letter. selected and click Next.
  7. Leave Format this partition with the following settings: selected and choose the file system you want. Select Perform a quick format and click Next.
  8. Click Finish.
  9. Under the drive it will indicate that the drive is formatting and will show you a percentage complete. Depending on the size of your hard drive and the speed of your computer, it could take more than an hour to format the whole drive.

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