Lost Gigs....

[Guest]

Hi All,

i recently reinstalled a new operating system on my laptop and deleted 3
logical drives holding 18 gig of space during installation. The problem now
is that when i boot up and go into my computer i can only see the c: with 5
gig of space and nothing else. The laptop has a harddrive capacity of 25 gig.

How can i get to the remaining 18 gig and configure another drive with the
remaining space.

Your help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Jonny]

You probably know, and you're just baiting.
Okay, I'll bite. Try removing the extended partition.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Peter,

Click start/run, type diskmgmt.msc and click ok. You should see free space
indicated on the drive from the deleted partitions. Right click it to begin
creating a new partition, after creating and formatting the volumes you will
have regained the use of the space.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Rock]

Hi All,

i recently reinstalled a new operating system on my laptop and deleted 3
logical drives holding 18 gig of space during installation. The problem now
is that when i boot up and go into my computer i can only see the c: with 5
gig of space and nothing else. The laptop has a harddrive capacity of 25 gig.

How can i get to the remaining 18 gig and configure another drive with the
remaining space.

Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Right Click My Computer | Manage | Storage | Disk Management.