Where did all my hard drive space go? 3

[jesse83189]

i had a 320 gb hard drive on my comp that had win98SE... it could only recognize 127gb... i recently upgraded to XP and i was wondering how to get all my 320gb, i tried to reformat it and it still said 127gb... any ideas on how to get my lost 193bg back?


thnx, jesse

 

[acewarlock]

Delete the Partion and then qreat new.




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[jesse83189]

how do you delete the partition

 

[jesse83189]

ok... i deleted the partition and now i dont see my drive in the my computer thing... how do i get it back now?

 

[BionicJohn]

WindowsXP Clean Installation - Partitioning and Formatting using Windows XP CD

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[w1nn3r]

This sounds like your problem. The space is off by 10GB but close enough..

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303013

 

[linney]

What file system have you formatted the drive as, NTFS or FAT32?

Is XP fully updated from Windows Updates, including SP2?

Are there any Bios updates available? What does the Bios say about the size of your Hard Drive?

How to Enable 48-bit Logical Block Addressing Support for ATAPI Disk Drives in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303013#appliesto

How to Locate and Correct Disk Space Problems on NTFS Volumes in Windows XP(Q315668)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315688/en-us

Upgrading 98 to XP is never a good move, it carries across all the old 98 baggage and problems.

Using XP's File and Settings Transfer Wizard, and clean installing XP is a better way in my opinion.

FILE & SETTINGS TRANSFER

http://aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm

Using the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard in Windows XP

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/crawford_november12.mspx

 

[acewarlock]

OK how did you delete the partion?




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[jesse83189]

ok... i deleted the partition through computer management and i right clicked it and clicked delete partition and then i created a new one and it said 298 gb ...which is good enough for me... so ty guys


if i culd just get this same help with my sound posting