Maxtor 160 only showing 30.2 GB

[IntelUser]

I just installed/partioned my new maxtor 160 drive. Only problem is I was expecting it to only show 137 GB, but instead it only shows a measily 30.2 GB. My stock HD is a 40 gigabyte HD. All this is in my emachine T1840 (which I hope to replace with a custom built computer :D ).......the computer is oh I dont know, maby 2 or 3 years old. I did a custom partion and set it to 100%

[Suicides-by-Steve]

What you'll have to do first is get Service Pack 1 for Win XP. Then get into Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Computer Management->Storage. You'll see a break down of your HDD. Primary and Extented partitions. From heer things are a bit tricky, but you should be able to figure out what to do next- look for one that is "Unassigned". Right Click it- format it (FAT32 or NTFS- this is preferable), and reboot. Your new HDD should now be recognized with all the space available.

[Haed]

Try going to the Maxtor site and downloading and running this Maxtor Big Drive Enabler proggy.. I had the exact same problem with a 160GB drive and this fixed it straight away.
http://maxtor.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/maxtor.cfg/php/enduser/olh_adp.php?p_faqid=960