Hi Alton,

8 Mb I could live with, however the difference in the size of the drive
as reported by Partition Magic and shown by WinXP is over 8 gigabytes. I
think that is too much to account for WinXP use and for loss caused by
cluster size.  Something else must be going on.

Is it possible to do a "low level" format of Drive C: and maybe recover
the lost 8 gigabytes of disk space?

I have a 160 GB Western Digital hard drive on the way via UPS.  I live
over 60 miles from the nearest computer store so I'm dependent on
ordering over the net and on shipping.  I am running WinXP SR2 so I
think I can get around the 137 Gig restriction.

If I can somehow recover all the space on this hard drive, after
replacing it with the new 160 GB, I will use the 40 GB as a USB drive
for backups.

Thanks...

Alton Woodams wrote:

>Loy, I recently formated a new drive using Win XP.  Win XP, for reasons of it's own reserves 8 Mb (a puny amount on a 40 Gig drive).  I believe it generically said why, but I don't remember.  In any event it is apparently the price you pay for progress.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Loy Pressley <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Monday, September 12, 2005 2:29 pm
>Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Change Hard Drive
>
>
>
>>Hi Mark,
>>
>>I do have Partition Magic 8.0.  It shows that I have only one
>>partitionon Drive C: and the following information:
>>
>>type:  FAT32
>>size MB:  38,262.2
>>Used MB:  15,992.8
>>Unused MB:  14,246.7
>>Status:  Active
>>Pri/Log:  Primary
>>
>>If you will notice, the used and unused MB reported by Partition Magic
>>add up to a total of 30,239.5 MB.  That means that there is a
>>differenceof 8,022.7 MB between the total of the used and unused
>>MB and the size
>>of the drive (38,262.2 minus 30,239.5 = 8,022.7 MB).  What
>>happened to
>>the 8,022.7 MB?
>>
>>Partition Magic does not show any problem with the disk.  It does not
>>show any hidden partition.  The 30,239.5 total of the used and
>>unused MB
>>is what is reported by WinXP as the capacity of Drive C:
>>
>>If I could somehow recover the missing 8+ gigs of space on Drive
>>C:, I
>>could, perhaps, add another partition with Partion Magic and store
>>onlydata in that partition so that it could be backed up easily
>>and I would
>>not have to purchase a larger hard drive anytime soon.
>>
>>Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>Loy
>>
>>Mark Tretter wrote:
>>
>>
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