Either that's a 6.83GB disk or it's being incorrectly reported by the BIOS.
Download and run Aida32 from:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download181.html
Look under Storage/Physical Drives to get the model number and capacity
of your drive.
What's the model and manufacturer of the computer?
Does your computer documentation offer any info?



carmen strickland wrote:
> --- Hugh Vandervoort <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Are you trying to dual-boot Linspire? Do you get a
>> Boot option that
>> includes Linspire? No
>
>
>> It sounds as though you created a 6.83 GB partition
>> and installed ME on
>> it, and Linspire is occupying the rest.
>> In the Run box, type Command
>> At the DOS prompt, Type Fdisk and select Option 4
>> (Display Partition
>> Information) and let us know what partitions are
>> shown.
>
> partition= C:1 status:A type: pri dos
> mbytes: 7011 system fat32 usage 100%
>
>
>> You may have to reinstall, depending on what you
>> want. If you want the
>> additional space for ME, you could just partition it
>> as FAT32 and use
>> the space for data.
>
>> Linspire has gotten praise from a lot of people
>> (I've never used it) and
>> you may want to investigate it before you revert  to
>> ME, which hasn't
>> gotten praise from anyone.
>
> Unfortunately for what I need my computer for,
> Linspire is not an option. I have to use windows 98 or
> above, and ME is what I have right now. I'll upgrade
> to XP when I can afford to though.
>>
>>
>> carmen strickland wrote:
>>> I just  purchased a new computer with Linspire op
>> sys.
>>> Since I have ME and it was not compatible, I had
>> to
>>> partition the harddrive and reformat it before
>>> installing the Windows. I followed partition
>>> instructions, and partitioned for larger than 2gb
>>> harddrive, but when I click on my C drive it only
>>> shows 6.83 gb-this is supposed to be a 40 gb
>>> harddrive. Where is the rest of my harddrive
>> space?
>>> How do I access it, and please, please, don't tell
>> me
>>> I have to start all over again.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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