Re: Missing Space on Hard Drive. Please Help!!

Hi,

First of all Thank You all of replying and helping. After trying
various suggestions I contacted Hitachi support and their suggestion
solved the problem. here is what they said:
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To reset the drive capacity back to the full 100GBs, please download
our
Feature Tool utility from the following URL:

http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm

This utility provides the ability to view and change the actual
capacity of
the drive. The "Current" capacity should match the "Maximum" capacity.

If
they do not match, change the "Current" capacity to match the "Maximum"
capacity. If you have any questions on how to do this, the User Guide
(which is also available on the same page as the Feature Tool) explains
this in detail.

ONce this step is done, the drive capacity will be 100GBs. However, you
would still need to use a utility to expand the partition size up to
the
full size of the drive. You would also be able to use Disk Management
within XP Pro to partition and format the remaining drive as well.

If you have any other questions or concerns, please let us know. Thank
you
for contacting Hitachi GST.
Regards,
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Thanks again
PS



Ron Martell wrote:
saraswat40@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi,

I had a 60GB disk with ~20MB of data on it. I created a backup of this
disk using Acronis TrueImage. Then I restored the backup on a 100GB
disk. The problem is that Compure Management/Disk Management now show
the drive to be only 60GB. There is no unallocated partition of 40GB
anywhere. Partition Magic and BIOS also show the disk to be only 60GB.
Is there something I can do to get back my 40GB?

Thanks

I believe you need to use the Graphical View in Disk Management in
order to see the total drive capacity and/or any unallocated space.

That view should show you the total disk inforamtion on the left panel
and then the individual partitions and unallocated space to the right
of that. The other views tend to show only the space that is
allocated to partitions.

The "normal" configuration in Disk Management is to display two
sections using different views, with the top being Volume list (only
shows partitions) and the bottom being Graphical view which shows it
all. One of the configuration options in the View menu is to hide
the section of the window.

Hope this is of some assistance.

Good luck
Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

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