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i! I am new to this computer talk. I would like to know about hard disk formating.
I had finished formating of my C: drive , before formating the the capacity was 9.3gb, after formating the size was reduced to 1.65gb. What are the causes for this? How to solve this problem?
anyone help in this regard
thanks in advance
sgs
Did you format your drive in Fat32 or Ntfs?
is everything still there?
I would have the same question as "tmcg", it seem like your harddrive was formatted by using NTFS, so the best practice is you should delete the partition then reformat it. (Use Win 2000 or XP) :idea:
i had the same issue once. and it was because i formatted in ntfs.. just have to reformat if fat32 like above post says :)
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Use parted the GNU's partition and filesystem manager.
Thanks for the suggestions. I am still having problem with my system. I will do formating with the suggestions. I am using ME whether this is Ok or can I go for some other os version.
thanks
sgs
I think you want NTFS partition, not Fat32. Fat32 limits your drive size to around 4 Gigs, whereas NTFS allows for far greater disk sizes.
Also, if you can get Windows 2000, I recommend that more than Windows ME. In my experience as a Network Admin, Windows ME is very buggy, crashes almost as much as Windows 98, and is not compatible with many software formats. Windows 2000 is much more stable, much more compatible with modern software releases, has more driver support, and I feel is a better all-around OS.
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Are you kidding? FAT32 supports 2TB (2000 GB) of data. You better update yourself.
dear TMCG,
Thanks for your suggestions
sgs
Did you format it in FAT 16?
In that case do delete the primary partition with FDISK and reformat it in FAT 32 or in NTFS.
Did you format it in FAT 32 or in NTFS?
In that case your hard disk is unserviceable!
If you still don't know or how to check your drive:
You should check it on DOS mode only. THen use PartitionMagic (DOS version) and run it there. It's much more helpful and easier to use, that is if you don't know how to read and check using command line partition managers.
First you should have a bootable FD
Well to get the partition magic, you must first install it on the windows machine and copy the dos version it have from the installed folder.
Then run it within DOS, and the screen is pretty self-explanatory and contains an intuitive interface plus help file :)
Maybe your hard disk has bed sectors ! May be, you should check it by scandisk !
while we use ntfs in boot mode the system shows e" as f: and f: g: one drive incremented and the format goes to difficulat and ntfs is notthatmuch problem..then if u have bas sectors nothing to worry just run surface scan from ur windows 98 second edition cd rom it will move ur datas from bad sectorn to normal avaoiding the bad one..
Partition Magic is the bestest. I have Hiren's boot cd and Partition Magic is on this cd. Partition Magic is fast, but fdisk is slowly. Insert boot flopy in your fdd and open scandisk. Or your hard have 2 partitions, and second is hidden or not fat32. Or in your BIOS view the hdd.
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juz re format it in fat 32 format.....
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USE FAT32 IT ROCKS..NTFS SEEKS THAT IT WILL GIVE COMPRESSION BUT IT WILL SUCK U FINALLY...
http://www.desitorrents.com/forums/c...ar104866_1.gif
USE FAT32 IT ROCKS..NTFS SEEKS THAT IT WILL GIVE COMPRESSION BUT IT WILL SUCK U FINALLY...