It would be great if you could send it to me. I'm at
[log in to unmask] Also, if I try the partition manager
first and it doesn't work, it won't mess up anything
will it?

My other alternative is to wait until I upgrade to XP.
The hard drive space isn't a big issue right now.
Would the upgrade help in anyway?


--- Michael Wurster <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Carmen,
> It looks like Linspire is occupying the rest of your
> hard disk and fdisk
> isn't seeing it. I've seen this situation before.
> You will need to erase
> the information at the beginning of the drive with a
> drive zeroing
> utility. I use WDClear which you can find by
> googling, or I can send it
> to you direct by email. It's not a very big program
> but you need to run
> it from a bootable floppy. You should be aware that
> this procedure
> requires the re installation of ME. You may also
> look for an open source
> (free) partition manager which would allow you to
> remove the linspire
> partition without destroying the ME installation but
> I've had mixed
> results with this method.
>
> Michael
> 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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