Re: Where did my other 10 GB get to???
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Date: 11/16/04
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Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 16:08:41 -0500
Bob Willard wrote:
> TonyG wrote:
>
>> I just reinstalled Win XP Home on a Maxstor 40GB IDE hard disk. This
>> disk was formatted 39GB FAT32 as a secondary disk before the
>> reinstall. I deleted all partitions and let WinXP Installer format it
>> as NTFS in the setup. Now it's only 30 GB!!! Where has the other 10GB
>> gone, and how can I get it back????
>>
>> Confused, of Brisbane...
>
>
> The XP CD will only format a HD for FAT32 up to 32GB. While you could
> split that HD into two parts, each <32GB, or you could use FDISK from a
> W9x boot disk to create a single 40GB FAT32 part., I suggest using a
> single part. and formatting it as NTFS, which is more robust than FAT32.
He says he did format it as NTFS.
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