HDD capacity prob

[coolcamel]

hi

i have 1 hard disk 20GB with 2 parts C and D
they should be 10 each but when i check the capacity of
partC:13,9 GB
uesed:1.10 GB
free:12.8GB
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partD:4.65 GB
uesed:1.37
free:3.27
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i tried to get em back to the normal capacity 10GB for each by formatting them all but the problem remain

i scaned the system with Norton Anti Virus and Anti Trojan they said system is clean
how can i get that messing capasity?and wat cause the problem?
OS: WINME
disk drive:GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE 47(that wat the Device Manger said)

thanx n advance

[cheyenne1212]

How did you partition the hard disk? Fdisk.

[allenb1963]

Check out Partition Magic (http://www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic/) and save your data...no FDISK (which is the command for creating partitions, not FORMAT), no mess, no fuss.

[cheyenne1212]

Yeah I would definitely suggest something like Partition Magic.

I'm thinking that if he Fdisked that he might of messed up somewhere in the partitions size.

[darkes]

coolcamel, I don't think you have lost any of your HDD capacity.

It depends what you mean by 'Mb' i.e. 1000*1000 or 1024*1024!
HDD manafactures use the first one, whereas your PC uses the second, which is about a 5% difference. Bit dishonest if you ask me :)

As to splitting your HDD down the middle, what you need to do is to use fdisk.
Delete your existing partions, and recreate them - you'll be able to get a bit more than 9Gb out of both of them.

[coolcamel]

i did not make the partion ,i bought it like that .
not a trade mark ( custom made).and it was 10 and 10 .
i thought capacity of C will be 13.9+(4.65 )in case if i delete the (D=4..65 GB).

but C capacity still the same(C=13.9GB).i used Fdisk to delete the D.

now what?any help.

coolcamel

[cheyenne1212]

Why don't you try to either do what allenb suggested, which is to use partion magic. Or go back into Fdisk delte all partitions, then redo them. make one partion %50 of the total disk and do the same with the other. Don foget to make a logical dos drive in the second partition.

[coolcamel]

okah ,
thats waht am going to do: (pls correct me if am wrong)

1- i will erase the partion by using Fdisk
2- i will install winxp
3- then am going to make the partion by using( Partition Magic).
i havnt done that befor ,so if i missed somthing up there pls say it .
thanks 4 ur time ppl.

coolcamel

[cheyenne1212]

Your gonna have to have a partion before you can install XP.

Use a bootable floppy for your computer. If you don't have one to www.bootdisk.com . Turn off your computer-->put the floppy in the A: drive--> Power on the computer. then what you want to do is get to the command prompt. Type fdisk. It should then bring you to a screen asking you if you want to enable large disk support. Select yes. You will then have several options.

1.Create a new partition
2.Create a logical dos drive in the extended partition.
3.Delete a partition.
4.View partition information.

It will be something similiar to that. What you want to do is delete a dos partition. So select a number that corresponds to that. Then select the drive and delete it. I believe that you have to restart your computer then. Keep the A: disk in the drive and reboot. Get back to Fdisk again, but this time you want ot create a new partition. Select the number corresponding to that. Since your not to experienced with this I would suggest using all available disk space. It will then do a couple things.

Next, reboot the computer with floppy still in the drive. However do not go to Fdisk this time. Instead when you get to a command prompt which should look something like this c:> type format c:
then select yes.

After Hard Disk is formatted install you Windows XP.

Hope I helped you.