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17 March 2003, 12:12 AM
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hello all
before i formated my hard disk its capacity was 15GB
after i formatted it its capacity droped down to 6.45GB
how can this happen and how can it be resolved?
thank you
before i formated my hard disk its capacity was 15GB
after i formatted it its capacity droped down to 6.45GB
how can this happen and how can it be resolved?
thank you
17 March 2003, 01:31 AM
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F-Disk is a tool built into the earlier versions of windows which displays the partition information of a drive.
Go to the commant prompt, and type in FDISK
IIRC it is option 4 in the menu that comes up which will display the partition information.
Go to the commant prompt, and type in FDISK
IIRC it is option 4 in the menu that comes up which will display the partition information.
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17 March 2003, 02:16 AM
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Ok you have a couple of options at this point!
1 - Buy some software like Partition Magic, and resize the partition.
2 - Format the PC, from scratch, delete the current partition and build a new partition using the full size.
3 - creat a second partition and logical drive, this would make your PC appear to have 2 drives.
1 - Buy some software like Partition Magic, and resize the partition.
2 - Format the PC, from scratch, delete the current partition and build a new partition using the full size.
3 - creat a second partition and logical drive, this would make your PC appear to have 2 drives.
17 March 2003, 08:31 AM
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Just create a second drive.
Boot off a floppy - run fdisk
Create extended partition - then create logical drive - thats it.
You will then get an 11Gb d: drive
Its better to have 2 partitions - put your data on D: and leave the OS on C: so if it ever needs reinstalled you can just blast the c: drive and you still have your data.
Boot off a floppy - run fdisk
Create extended partition - then create logical drive - thats it.
You will then get an 11Gb d: drive
Its better to have 2 partitions - put your data on D: and leave the OS on C: so if it ever needs reinstalled you can just blast the c: drive and you still have your data.
17 March 2003, 11:11 AM
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Not sure what partition 1 (None DOS) is doing claiming to be 100% of disk space.
Backup anything on the PC, boot from a floppy and use FDISK to delete both existing partitions.
Then create one large FAT32 partition, reboot, format and install Win98.
Backup anything on the PC, boot from a floppy and use FDISK to delete both existing partitions.
Then create one large FAT32 partition, reboot, format and install Win98.
17 March 2003, 12:34 PM
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workshy_fopp
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
it worked!!!!!!!!
you didnt tell me though that i had to format d: in order for it to work....but i figured it out....
thank you to all the others that tried too
Stav
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
it worked!!!!!!!!
you didnt tell me though that i had to format d: in order for it to work....but i figured it out....
thank you to all the others that tried too
Stav
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