[pchelpers] Re: Hard drive just shows 2 gigs instead of 10 gigs

Jackie,
Make sure that the drive is not jumpered for 2Gigs. And 
like Don said do EVERYTHING before loading the OS. It 
would be terrible to load everything and repartition to 
lose somethings. Hope this works for you.

John F
> 
> Yes come to think about I did mine with Partition Magic  when I installed my
> Maxtor hard drive-- I wanted 60 gig on C drive and 20 gig on E drive-- I
> used Partition  Magic  and redid the drives and I didn't lose a thing I am
> operating win 2000-- . Jackie
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Donald Bieber
> To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 1:15 PM
> Subject: [pchelpers] Re: Hard drive just shows 2 gigs instead of 10 gigs
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 13:12:43 -0800 "Jackie MacWhirter"
> <jmacwhirter@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > Jackie:  I had to re-do the HD.  Had a virus that locked up the boot
> > and =
> > couldn't do a thing with it.  So now that all is back on HD windows
> > =
> > ...drive space...in system tools reads that I only have a 2.0 HD and
> > not =
> > a 10gig.  Do you know how to solve this problem?  Rhona
> 
> It probably was only partitioned for 2 Gig, which used to be the Maximum
> 
> Either it would have to be done all over again, or spend a couple of
> bucks for "Partion Magic"
> 
> If it was just redone recently, I'd opt for just doing it again.
> 
> Sounds like drive space was involved, you'll have to undo that first I
> think
> 
> If you choose this route, always fdisk first, then format, then scandisk,
> then install the OS, etc.
> 
> AND.......... when you do the fdisk thing make sure that when it asks you
> if you want to do the maximum for the whole drive, just say yes  (y)
> 
> cu,
> Don Bieber, The-Picture-Man
> 
> PS  Thought for the day: "When everything's coming your way, you're in
> the wrong lane" and by the way, this is the voice of experience speaking.
> ________________________________________________________________
> GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO!
> Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less!
> Join Juno today!  For your FREE software, visit:
> http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.
> 
> 
> ---
> Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
> Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 1/11/2002
> 
>

Other related posts: