SLAVE 40gig but....

cant see it was a 40gig. and im pretty sure its 40gig and its in label of the HD

i install a second hand samsung 40gig HD (it came from pc in my work, coz they upgrade to 80gig)

when i click My Computer i see only:

Drive C: its my OS and its not partitioned

slave in partitioned:
Local Disk (E): Free space: 1.12gig Total Size: 1.17gig
Local Disk (F): Free space: 9.68gig Total Size: 9.76gig
Local Disk (G): Free space: 9.68gig Total Size: 9.76gig

(and i dont know why its in partitioned)

So meaning, the 20gig is missing
Can someone help where can i get that back?

OS: XP SP2
P4 1.6gig

 

Did you reformat the drive you brought home from work? Those probably are partitions your employer originally installed on the HD. It's also possible your employer did a secure delete to remove sensitive data from the HD before turning it over to you. That would explain any blank space on the HD which would be ignored by Windows. Try setting it up in Disk Management. This is from Seagate but it applies to HDs in general: http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/howto/install_xp_disk_mgmt.html

 

The remaining 20Gb probably isn't partitioned, meaning that windows will not list it. Open start->run, type diskmgmt.msc and press enter. You should now see both drives listed. Your windows disk, probably Disk0 will have only one part on its bar (the graphic disk representation at the bottom of the screen), as it has only one partition. The other disk, Disk1, should have 4 parts on its bar, 3 partitions and the remaining unallocated space.
Now from this second disk, delete all partitions (if you haven't used them already). Create a new partition with the maximum allowable size and format it with FAT32 or NTFS, whatever you like the most. Assign a drive letter if windows doesn't do it automatically and you're set.

More info on how to use the disk manger can be found here.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309000/

 

thanks for that JustPlayin

Yes yes yes, thats it.

i will try that, then i will be back as soon i get some progress

 

erikske

thanks all is ok.........

thanks for your help