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Jeff311 Oct 9th, 2003 10:59 am
20GB HDD Now a 4GB after Reformat???
 
I recently had some problems with a hard drive and decided to reformat. I did that and reinstalled Win98 and all was ok until the next time I rebooted. Then it would freeze in the boot-up process. I was unable to do anything so I reformatted again and reinstalled Win98 again. Everything is working fine now but my hard drive has gone from a 20GB to a 4GB. Why would that be? I never partitioned anything. Only reformatted. Anybody know?

)BIG"B"Affleck Oct 9th, 2003 11:23 am
Re: 20GB HDD Now a 4GB after Reformat???
 
8+8=16+4=20gig I think windows os uses 8gig I think or close
maybe you have it on there twice Ive never worried about it,well I have to go and get ready for golf practice ill be back in 2 hours

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Jeff311 Oct 9th, 2003 12:35 pm
Re: 20GB HDD Now a 4GB after Reformat???
 
So Windows 98 uses 8GB? Then how do I have it on my other 2.5GB HDD? Win98 doesn't use that much space sorry to say. According to Microsoft Windows 98 FAT 32 only uses 175MB and FAT 16 only uses 225MB. Where did you get 8GB? Just curious?

)BIG"B"Affleck Oct 9th, 2003 1:47 pm
Re: 20GB HDD Now a 4GB after Reformat???
 
sorry I was talking about xp

feigned Oct 9th, 2003 2:26 pm
Re: 20GB HDD Now a 4GB after Reformat???
 
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Originally Posted by )BIG"B"Affleck
sorry I was talking about xp
Even then, Windows XP doesn't require anywhere near 8 gigs for a typical installation.

I'd like to see where you got your figures.

Jeff, is your C: drive the only hard drive you see in My Computer? Do you have say, C: D: and E:? Or just C: and D: ?

Jeff311 Oct 9th, 2003 2:32 pm
Re: 20GB HDD Now a 4GB after Reformat???
 
Yeah the only drive I have is C:. D: and E: are my CD-ROM drives. If I go into to BIOS setup it shows a 20GB HDD but in windows it only shows like 3.92GB.

feigned Oct 9th, 2003 2:51 pm
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Originally Posted by Jeff311
Yeah the only drive I have is C:. D: and E: are my CD-ROM drives. If I go into to BIOS setup it shows a 20GB HDD but in windows it only shows like 3.92GB.
Well, I hate to tell you this, but somehow your partition got a little screwed up. Sure you didn't fiddle around with fdisk before reinstalling?

It's not a FAT16 problem, as it's capacity limitation is 2 gigs. Right-click on the drive and tell me what the Type of Drive is. It should say FATxx.

)BIG"B"Affleck Oct 9th, 2003 2:56 pm
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Even then, Windows XP doesn't require anywhere near 8 gigs for a typical installation.

I'd like to see where you got your figures.

Jeff, is your C: drive the only hard drive you see in My Computer? Do you have say, C: D: and E:? Or just C: and D: ?
It was just a rough figure I dont have to worry about this with my 80 gig hard drive I should of asked you first freinged since you work for microsoft we are all still waiting on you to write that IE patch of yours.

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Roberdin Oct 9th, 2003 3:04 pm
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Under Big B rule:
  • All Microsoft Products are banned because they have bugs in them. Linux/Mozilla is completely flawless and works in every scenario.
  • Anyone who uses MS will be gassed.
  • Anyone who speaks well of MS will be gassed.
  • From now one, Microsoft will only have one employee who will be signly responsible for all the products faults/limitations.
  • All former MS workers will be sent to work in LINUX Camps.

:rolleyes:

)BIG"B"Affleck Oct 9th, 2003 3:13 pm
Re: 20GB HDD Now a 4GB after Reformat???
 
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Originally Posted by Roberdin
Under Big B rule:
  • All Microsoft Products are banned because they have bugs in them. Linux/Mozilla is completely flawless and works in every scenario.
  • Anyone who uses MS will be gassed.
  • Anyone who speaks well of MS will be gassed.
  • From now one, Microsoft will only have one employee who will be signly responsible for all the products faults/limitations.
  • All former MS workers will be sent to work in LINUX Camps.

:rolleyes:
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