Where's the space gone?
Another problem continuing from the one before. . . :x My HD is 20gb however when upgrading to Win2000 and converting to NTFS from FAT32 my HD is now 1. 99gb!! How do I get the 18gb space back?.
Another problem continuing from the one before... :x
My HD is 20gb however when upgrading to Win2000 and converting to NTFS from FAT32 my HD is now 1.99gb!!
How do I get the 18gb space back?
My HD is 20gb however when upgrading to Win2000 and converting to NTFS from FAT32 my HD is now 1.99gb!!
How do I get the 18gb space back?
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There is another options, if c: is NTFS.
Delete the 12 gig partiiton. Then right click the drive in disk management and convert it to a dynamic disk. Then unallocated space>extend volume. You can then extend the c: volume to the full capacity without using partition magic.
The upside to partition magic is it does not require the disk to be dynamic. Dynamic disks can be annoying at times. For example, my Ghost 2002 software does not seem to support dynamic disks.
Delete the 12 gig partiiton. Then right click the drive in disk management and convert it to a dynamic disk. Then unallocated space>extend volume. You can then extend the c: volume to the full capacity without using partition magic.
The upside to partition magic is it does not require the disk to be dynamic. Dynamic disks can be annoying at times. For example, my Ghost 2002 software does not seem to support dynamic disks.
I'm guessing that if everything fit on a 2 gig partition that you don't have anything else installed. If you don't have a lot invested in this install at this point, I'd just wipe the partition and reinstall. Just pay attention to what you're selecting when you're in the partitioning and formatting of the hard drive section of the install process.
When I wipe out a partition I like to use a win98 boot disk and use fdisk to delete all the partitions, then just let windows create and format the partition during the install. You can find bootdisks at bootdisk.com http://bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm I just go through all this because I want to know beyond a doubt nothing is going to follow me into my next install.
If you'd rather not go through that again I've had good luck with partitiom magic http://www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic/
Jim
When I wipe out a partition I like to use a win98 boot disk and use fdisk to delete all the partitions, then just let windows create and format the partition during the install. You can find bootdisks at bootdisk.com http://bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm I just go through all this because I want to know beyond a doubt nothing is going to follow me into my next install.
If you'd rather not go through that again I've had good luck with partitiom magic http://www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic/
Jim