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I have replaced My 250gb with new 1tb hdd. I installed Windows 7, then told it to restore my pc to its former state. I now have all my old files etc, but the hdd is now showing as a 250gb hdd? How can I get it back to 1tb, with my data still intact? Kind regards John

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wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=167401 - This may be a solution to your problem. –  ekaj Apr 7 '12 at 22:06
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It looks like you have restored a partition. Use Windows 7 Computer namagement tool to expand the partition to 1tb.

First step

Second step

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