I would guess that it has a Linux partition on it but it might not show to W2K. A 3rd party program like Partition Magic may alow you to remove and regain the space without destroying with your existingata; I am assuming that you have re-installed W2K? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Bennett" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 11:11 AM Subject: [PCBUILD] Formatting hard drive >I am converting an old server to home use. It had Win2000 server and > Linux installed. But no passwords to gain access. So I have > formatted the hard drive with Win 2000 as per the manual. Everything > is fine, except there is 3gig of space taken up by something. I know > Win2000 cannot be using that much space and I am thinking that the old > OS or something is protected from format. > > Any suggestions? It is only a 9gig drive and I hate giving up a third > to something I can't use. > > Thanks > > Charles Bennet > > > IBM Z-Pro > 2X 550mhz > 9gig SCSI > 1gig mem > WIN2K > > Visit our website regularly for FAQs, > articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more > http://freepctech.com Visit our website regularly for FAQs, articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more http://freepctech.com