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newb - Sun Jul 02, 2006 8:53 am
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Okay, what the fuck is happening here.

My computer crashed 2 days ago and I haven't been able to boot up or anything, so I loaded Ubuntu.
After successfully loaded Ubuntu, I tried installing Windows XP Pro (SP2) which worked - but I had to delete D:\ (HDD2) partition, and create a new one from that.

So, everything worked well and I managed to boot up!
But then I relised I had no more space left on D:\?! It showed up with only 1.4gigs... it's supposed to have 80.

Well, trying to rectify the problem myself, I installed XP Pro again on C:\ (HDD) and see if that would work.

Now, it's showing up with C:\ having 1.4gigs, and D:\ having 80?! It's becoming a serious problem because on D:\, everything is gone - nothing is there at all.
I have to create my own Program Files folder? Which wouldn't probably work?

Please help!

Moondance - Sun Jul 02, 2006 9:16 am
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Try to delete all partitions on that hdd and recreate them.
If u have another hdd, install windows on it, and from there reformat first hdd. Or boot in DOS and use some disk management utility to fix partitions (e.g. fdisk).
When u do that, check how many space u have on both partitions, and if everything is regular, install winxp sp2. After installation, if u again have less space than you expected on that partition you used for xp, its probably problem in your XP installation disk.

newb - Sun Jul 02, 2006 9:34 am
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Which HDD are you talking about? Partitions on which HDD?

I have 2 harddrives.

Can you explain a little bit more please? I'm not exactly great with computers/DOS/Reformatting...

Moondance - Sun Jul 02, 2006 10:41 am
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U have 2 hdds. First one is that with disk space problem, and i assume that second one is healty.
Install windows on second one, and if everything is normal, delete all partitions on first hdd, and then recreate them. U can do this by entering Disk Management panel (Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk Management).

Mine GO BOOM - Sun Jul 02, 2006 12:14 pm
Post subject: Re: HDD2 (D) - 80gigs, HDD (C)- 1.4gigs?!

newb wrote:

I had to delete D:\ (HDD2) partition, and create a new one from that.
...
But then I relised I had no more space left on D:\?! It showed up with only 1.4gigs... it's supposed to have 80.
...
because on D:\, everything is gone - nothing is there at all.

You deleted partitions and expect them to still contain their data?

As Moondance said, get a screenshot of Windows' Disk Management page and post it here. Linux uses a different partitioning system than Windows, which is why Windows generally cannot see Linux partitions at all. If you install Ubuntu and select Ext3 for the file system, you can install drivers for Windows to read/write to it with full access, but there are some downfalls with it. Or you could just use Explore2FS. Under Ubuntu, it will auto-detect the NTFS partition and mount as read-only.

The easiest way to share data between the two is a FAT32 partition system. Both have full read/write access natively to this file system and works pretty flawlessly as long as your computer doesn't crash while accessing it. If you'd post both of your hard drive sizes, since you don't have anything left on them since you reinstalled Windows and formated the other, we can help assist you in picking out good partition sizes for everything.

newb - Sun Jul 02, 2006 12:46 pm
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Hey, sorry I didn't post earlier but (nearly) everything has been totally fixed!

It was pretty damn simpler than what Moondance said - Solo Ace told me just to delete all the partitioned bits in the Windows XP Professional setup disk section.

Everything is fine now, but thanks for your help Moondance and MGB.

Big thanks to Solo Ace as well

Solo Ace - Sun Jul 02, 2006 2:06 pm
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Heh, I didn't even pay attention to the fact you installed Ubuntu. So when I picked the random possibility the other part was taken by an EXT3 filesystem I was right!

Anyway, HAVE FUN LOOKING FOR YOUR DRIVERS WHILE I ENJOY THE SCARY SOUND OF MY NEW 7.1 SYSTEM. WOW THE WHITE STRIPES ARE LIKE... EVERYWHERE.

SpecShip - Sun Jul 02, 2006 2:56 pm
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This thread is hilarious.
I used to have HD room disappear from time to time due to defects in the HD, scandisk helped there...getting a new HD helped more.
But never something as large as losing 80 gigs, haha.
I now have a backup flash-ram HD with 300gig, which is more than my working HD.
So I know I'm covered.
So....HAHAHA newb.
Your misfortune sux.
So did it suxed when my 30 gig HD tanked some years back along with lots of irrecoverable material (like old SS/INF screenshots, logs, banners, other games alpha screenshots, etc.).
Jinxs shift 'round the universe.

Anonymous - Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:23 am
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I fixed it dumbass. You can't exactly lose 80 gigs on a 80gig harddrive, idiot.

Doc Flabby - Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:36 am
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stick it in the mircowave, then lets if you can find those 80 gigs

SpecShip - Mon Jul 03, 2006 2:12 pm
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Where's my magnetic eraser?