A few days back I had to run a restore from a disk image (some kind of SERIOUS corruption that even after several hours of DOS commands I still couldn't get it to boot). I had new HD so I decided to just use it. Since this particular backup I tried won't run from DOS, I had to install XP on the new HD, install the backup software, then it restored the backup image from the old HD. That works, but previously, and this time, I partitioned the main C: drive as C and D. With the old HD it was something roughly like 50gb and 23gb respectively (74gb Raptor). The partitions were not the same size on the new HD because it's twice the size (150gb VelociRaptor), I made them about 75/75gb on the new one. When the restore was complete I was left with a strange "phantom partition" of about 20gb. C: showed the **TOTAL** size of only about ~49gb (which is probably the size of the ORIGINAL imaged C: partition), even though it was partitioned to be 75gb on the NEW HD. D: says it's about 71gb, which IS as it was partitioned. When I looked at "Computer Management" and "Disk Management", in between "Main drive C:" and "Storage D:" is this "Free Space" partition of about ~20gb. Evidently the backup not only mirrored the data, but also **all physicalities of** the partition. I tried to delete that odd partition to reclaim the space, but the space went to the D partition. How can I get it to go back to the C: partition? I need to find a way to tell XP that this ~20gb space is PART OF the C: partition and not D. Thanks, -Clint God Bless, Clint Hamilton, Owner www.OrpheusComputing.com/Halloween-sales-specials.html www.OrpheusComputing.com www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com www.OrpheusComputing.com/cheap_reliable_web_hosting.html www.OrpheusComputing.com/PCworks-computer-help-email-list.html ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts. -zxdjhu-