Go here and get Easus Partition Manager.
http://www.partition-tool.com/
It is very easy to use and it works within windows. Try
uncreating or deleting the Partitions that have been created on the
250G drive. Start fresh.
"chorver" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Recently purchased a new 250gb hard drive to replace 50bg hard drive on
> lap top. Used HDclone to clone the existing hard drive to new drive via
> USB port. Replaced the old drive with the cloned drive and found that
> new drive is only recognised as 50gb. Suspect I failed to select the
> correct option on HDclone and that it didn't adjust the partitions
> during the clone. Have since reinstalled the old drive and tried to
> reformat the 250gb drive (now external again) to restore its full size
> with a view to running HDclone again. But whatever I try it the computer
> refuses to recognise it as anything other than a 50gb drive. Any
> suggestions greatly appreciated. And apologies if there is an obvious
> answer to this, but it has escaped me. I'm running XP, with SP3.
>
> Many thanks.
>
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