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20GB hard space is missing

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chintan786 Original post #1
Dec 4, 2008 at 6:46 PM
Hi techGods, I have 80GB hard disk having winXp OS... today i deleted 25GB from this to install Ubuntu.......as i not able to configure internet connection settings in ubuntu and not find it very much useful compare to Winxp.. i removed it... but now when i installed WinXp right from scrtch... 20G B of hard disk is missing.. wht to do.. currently have 4 drives. two of 20Gb and 2 of 10GB each.

chintan
rhitwick
Dec 4, 2008 at 8:07 PM
As u've "deleted" the previous dos partition, windows won't recognize it and wont show it to you.
To get back the lost space follow the steps:-
1>Right Click on "My Computer" icon on desktop
2> Click "Manage"
3>In the opened window, go to Storage>Disk Management.
4> Here u'll be able to c the deleted partition as <raw> or <new> or <unpartitioned> (I've forgot exact term showed here. But, its not NTFS or FAT)
5> Select that partition and select Format
6> In format as select NTFS/FAT as u like.

Bas u r done.
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Dec 4, 2008 at 10:09 PM
thanks a ton buddy.. i get every thing back.. thanks a lot.

warm regards,

chintan