Re: Did XP upgrade partition my hard drive?
From: GateKeeper (GateKeeper_at_earth1ink.net)
Date: 04/06/04
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Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 18:57:30 -0400
Is it possible that you backed up your old operating system? That is
one of the options when upgrading, so that you can uninstall WinXP if
you so desire. Backing up the old OS might account for the loss of
space. Also, if you opted for a dual boot system, then XP would indeed
have partitioned your hard drive. In that case, Disk Management would
have shown at least two partitions.
OJ wrote:
>Hiya,
>
>Just upgraded from 98 to XP. Suddenly, my HD says it is full, and
>that I only have 12.6 gigs total space on there. Now, I know it isn't
>a 12.6 gig hard drive. Maybe 20, maybe 40...I can't remember.
>
>However, no tool I can find tells me that it is anymore than 12-13
>ish. The XP disk management tool, "Partition Manager".
>
>I thought I could extend it with the diskpart program, but apparently,
>it since it was a basic disk on FAT32, and now I've converted to NTFS,
>I can't do that.
>
>What the heck is going on here, and how can I fix this without
>reinstalling and losing all my data? I'm tired of copying stuff.
>
>oj
>
>
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