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09-11-2005, 12:32 PM
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I need help with my hard drive.PLEASE!
I bought a 200GB samsung hard drive off of New Egg. I recently was installing a game and it said that I have 8GB left out of 30GB. Can I fix this? It is a 200GB Hard drive. PLEASE HELP!!!
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09-11-2005, 12:39 PM
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What are the specs for your computer and what operating system are you using?
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09-13-2005, 06:44 PM
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AMD Athlon 3500 Clawhammer PSU FSP(Fortune Source)/AX450-PN 450W power supply ECS NForce4-A939 motherboard Sony IDE DVD Burner eVGA GeForce 7800 GTX Two PQI Turbo 512mb RAM Samsung 200GB Hard Drive SP2014n Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack SP1a -Sorry I took so long to get back, I could'nt find the Thread. Thanks so very much! |
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09-13-2005, 08:14 PM
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Is the drive the master with Windows on it?
Click on Start->Run and type Diskmgmt.msc and see what it says about the drive. Will probably see some unallocated space..
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09-13-2005, 09:15 PM
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It is Slave (the hard drive). What I saw was 31gb total and 8 free.
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09-13-2005, 09:27 PM
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09-14-2005, 12:23 AM
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If that's a FAT32 partition instead of NTFS, winxp imposes a maximum size limit of 32GB IIRC. If you want more than a 32GB partition, you should use NTFS. I think that's what Panama Red is driving at.
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09-14-2005, 08:15 AM
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You can convert the current filing system to NTFS to see almost all the capacity. I say almost because you will need to install SP1 for XP to see well over 137GB. Type the following in the Run box:-
covert c:fs:ntfs It will tell you that it will convert on the next reboot and ask you if you want to reboot. Go ahead and reboot. Please note that there is a small risk of data loss during file system convertions, so make sure you backup anything important first.
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09-14-2005, 09:08 AM
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please explain ntfs for me. thanks
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09-14-2005, 09:17 AM
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09-16-2005, 12:03 PM
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C:\>convert /? Converts FAT volumes to NTFS. CONVERT volume /FS:NTFS [/V] volume Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon), mount point, or volume name. /FS:NTFS Specifies that the volume to be converted to NTFS. /V Specifies that Convert should be run in verbose mode. C:\> So, it's convert c: /fs:ntfs This should also be done at a command prompt, not directly in the Run box. Now, look carefully in disk management - is there unallocated space to the right of the 31gb partition on the bar graph, like maybe 155gb or so? Is the 31gb labeled as NTFS or FAT32? Last edited by glc; 09-16-2005 at 12:09 PM. |
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09-16-2005, 04:29 PM
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Yes, there is free 155gb. And it is labled NTFS. Thanks
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09-16-2005, 05:30 PM
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Now you have 3 choices. You can create a new partition in the 155gb unallocated space, or you can use Partition Magic to expand the existing 31gb partition, or you can wipe the drive and start over.
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