OS won't see entire drive

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I've got a 300gb ata133 drive as master. I've got several other drives and
have windows installed on one. Well, the OS only sees 127gb and it's a 300gb
drive. It was working fine before, but now not all is seen. Partition magic
805 says bad on the drive for bad partition info or something. format does
not work and pmagic cannot format or create a partition on it or anything.
dos format does not work nor does right clicking on the drive and saying
format.

the disk management tool also shows it as the 300gb, but it won't let me
format it or anything.
no messages that help at all as unable to format is all that happens.
 
AMD said:
I've got a 300gb ata133 drive as master. I've got several other
drives and have windows installed on one. Well, the OS only sees
127gb and it's a 300gb drive. It was working fine before, but now
not all is seen. Partition magic 805 says bad on the drive for bad
partition info or something. format does not work and pmagic cannot
format or create a partition on it or anything. dos format does not
work nor does right clicking on the drive and saying format.

the disk management tool also shows it as the 300gb, but it won't
let me format it or anything.
no messages that help at all as unable to format is all that
happens.
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Please do not multi-post, as it makes it more difficult for you as well as
those who might assist. Please check your identical post in the other
group(s) you have put it in for more information/things to try.
 
I will post to every group i can. that is not wrong. the more groups, the
more people see it. i don't have any idea who will see it so it's stupid to
use just one group.

I'm sorry , so so sorry you feel the way you do. Nonsense.
 
AMD said:
I've got a 300gb ata133 drive as master. I've got several other
drives and have windows installed on one. Well, the OS only sees
127gb and it's a 300gb drive. It was working fine before, but now
not all is seen. Partition magic 805 says bad on the drive for bad
partition info or something. format does not work and pmagic
cannot format or create a partition on it or anything. dos format
does not work nor does right clicking on the drive and saying
format.
the disk management tool also shows it as the 300gb, but it won't
let me format it or anything.
no messages that help at all as unable to format is all that
happens.
Click to expand...

Shenan said:
Please do not multi-post, as it makes it more difficult for you as
well as those who might assist. Please check your identical post
in the other group(s) you have put it in for more
information/things to try.
Click to expand...
I will post to every group i can. that is not wrong. the more
groups, the more people see it. i don't have any idea who will see
it so it's stupid to use just one group.

I'm sorry , so so sorry you feel the way you do. Nonsense.
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I am sorry you misunderstood me.

I do not care how many groups you post in - but you should cross-post
instead of multi-posting. It's better for you and better for those that
might assist you.

Why - because doing what you have done (posting the same message - some with
different subject lines - but with identical (or nearly identical) message
bodies) wastes your time as well as those who might be able to assist you.
They see your post in each newsgroup you post it in that they frequent as a
new/unread post. They can either choose to answer each one individually or
ignore it altogether. Many will choose the latter and those people are
likely the ones who might have a useful answer/suggestion - because they are
in that situation because they frequent these newsgroups and answer
questions on a regular basis - for free, just to be helpful to someone in
need.

However - if you cross-post, your message will get in as many newsgroups as
you want and everyone who responds properly will also respond in those same
newsgroups. When they visit the other newsgroups - the message will appear
read/answered so they do not see it as a repeat post. Anyone coming back
later to read what solution you received will see one continuous
conversation spanning several groups instead of two or more broken partial
conversations. This goes for you too - if you cross-post - you check in one
place and given that everyone responded to your message leaving the
newsgroups 'as they were' - you only have to check in one place.

However - don't take my word for it - others have come up with similar
reasoning:
- http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/xpost.html
- http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/unice.htm#xpost
- http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting

So again - I am sorry you have taken offense to my friendly suggestion and
even answering you in one of your posts with queries that may lead to your
final solution... however - to each their own.
 
Well bud.........I just replied to your post in the Vista group and now I
see your post in the XP group.........
So I gave you a Vista answer.........wish doesn't do shit in XP...........
how much of our time do you think you can waste before nobody answers???
peter

AMD said:
I will post to every group i can. that is not wrong. the more groups, the
more people see it. i don't have any idea who will see it so it's stupid to
use just one group.

I'm sorry , so so sorry you feel the way you do. Nonsense.
Click to expand...
 
However - if you cross-post, your message will get in as many newsgroups as
you want and everyone who responds properly will also respond in those same
newsgroups.
Click to expand...

I guess I don't respond "properly". I have my Usenet client set to
post ONLY to the group I'm reading. I have never been a big fan of
cross posting and I have never (that I'm aware of) replied to more
than the group in which I saw the original post. In the case of this
post, I haven't seen the post in any other group, so your reply to him
to look at the other group/s does me no good. I would suggest that if
you aren't willing to answer his question in a group, then say nothing
at all to the group. JMHO.
 
AMD said:
I will post to every group i can. that is not wrong. the more groups,
the more people see it. i don't have any idea who will see it so it's
stupid to use just one group.

I'm sorry , so so sorry you feel the way you do. Nonsense.
Click to expand...

I sure hope you find the answers you seek. Hint: don't try to find them on
newsgroups.
 
Zilbandy said:
I guess I don't respond "properly". I have my Usenet client set to
post ONLY to the group I'm reading. I have never been a big fan of
cross posting and I have never (that I'm aware of) replied to more
than the group in which I saw the original post. In the case of this
post, I haven't seen the post in any other group, so your reply to him
to look at the other group/s does me no good. I would suggest that if
you aren't willing to answer his question in a group, then say nothing
at all to the group. JMHO.
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Perhaps you need to make yourself aware of the difference between
crossposting and multiposting. Then you might understand why you should
be a fan of crossposting and help correct the multiposting issue! When
you understand, you will realize your suggestion is merely a opinion and
is counterproductive as far as correcting the real issue.
 
AMD said:
I've got a 300gb ata133 drive as master. I've got several other
drives and have windows installed on one. Well, the OS only sees
127gb and it's a 300gb drive. It was working fine before, but now
not all is seen. Partition magic 805 says bad on the drive for bad
partition info or something. format does not work and pmagic
cannot format or create a partition on it or anything. dos format
does not work nor does right clicking on the drive and saying
format.
the disk management tool also shows it as the 300gb, but it won't
let me format it or anything.
no messages that help at all as unable to format is all that
happens.
Click to expand...

Shenan said:
Please do not multi-post, as it makes it more difficult for you as
well as those who might assist. Please check your identical post
in the other group(s) you have put it in for more
information/things to try.
Click to expand...
I will post to every group i can. that is not wrong. the more
groups, the more people see it. i don't have any idea who will see
it so it's stupid to use just one group.

I'm sorry , so so sorry you feel the way you do. Nonsense.
Click to expand...

Shenan said:
I am sorry you misunderstood me.

I do not care how many groups you post in - but you should
cross-post instead of multi-posting. It's better for you and
better for those that might assist you.

Why - because doing what you have done (posting the same message -
some with different subject lines - but with identical (or nearly
identical) message bodies) wastes your time as well as those who
might be able to assist you. They see your post in each newsgroup
you post it in that they frequent as a new/unread post. They can
either choose to answer each one individually or ignore it
altogether. Many will choose the latter and those people are
likely the ones who might have a useful answer/suggestion - because
they are in that situation because they frequent these newsgroups
and answer questions on a regular basis - for free, just to be
helpful to someone in need.

However - if you cross-post, your message will get in as many
newsgroups as you want and everyone who responds properly will also
respond in those same newsgroups. When they visit the other
newsgroups - the message will appear read/answered so they do not
see it as a repeat post. Anyone coming back later to read what
solution you received will see one continuous conversation spanning
several groups instead of two or more broken partial conversations.
This goes for you too - if you cross-post - you check in one place
and given that everyone responded to your message leaving the
newsgroups 'as they were' - you only have to check in one place.

However - don't take my word for it - others have come up with
similar reasoning:
- http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/xpost.html
- http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/unice.htm#xpost
- http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting

So again - I am sorry you have taken offense to my friendly
suggestion and even answering you in one of your posts with queries
that may lead to your final solution... however - to each their own.
Click to expand...
I guess I don't respond "properly". I have my Usenet client set to
post ONLY to the group I'm reading. I have never been a big fan of
cross posting and I have never (that I'm aware of) replied to more
than the group in which I saw the original post. In the case of this
post, I haven't seen the post in any other group, so your reply to
him to look at the other group/s does me no good. I would suggest
that if you aren't willing to answer his question in a group, then
say nothing at all to the group. JMHO.
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You are welcomed to your opinion.

If you would like tro see the other posts - it is very simple to do - just
use Google Groups...
(If you help around here a lot - or even if you are just looking to see if a
question you have asked might have already been asked/answered before - it
is an invaluable tool...)

The one with my responses:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...3?lnk=st&q=author:AMD&rnum=2#8beb2e6a2f5bfa33

Another group with the same post:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...c?lnk=st&q=author:AMD&rnum=3#7a1e92d872c96f9c

Another Group witht he same post:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...20d5b8487b0?lnk=st&q=&rnum=1#ecfc520d5b8487b0

This post in particular:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...a?lnk=st&q=author:AMD&rnum=4#c11fd3cbb54ca3ca

The one where the OP (unbeknownst to the other groups) fixed their issue:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...d?lnk=st&q=author:AMD&rnum=1#0393691596fc21bd

Good Luck!
 
If you would like tro see the other posts - it is very simple to do - just
use Google Groups...
Click to expand...

I find Google Groups, or any web based usenet group to be like driving
a Yugo. It'll get you where you want to go, but I'd prefer to go in
something a bit more comfortable. :)
 
Shenan said:
If you would like tro see the other posts - it is very simple to
do - just use Google Groups...
Click to expand...
I find Google Groups, or any web based usenet group to be like
driving a Yugo. It'll get you where you want to go, but I'd prefer
to go in something a bit more comfortable. :)
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It's not to be used to 'post' for most - agreed...

However - in reasearching - just like google - it is a fantastic tool.

Makes it much easier to see if anyone asked a question similar to the one
you are about to ask, similar to the one you are about to answer or just
finding an old post of yours (or pointing someone to an old post of their
own) very easy - considering how much it archives.
 
Apparently you don't UNDERSTAND the difference, or you wouldn't have
posted what you did.
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I understand the differences, too. I PERSONALLY choose NOT to
crosspost or multipost. I'll send a message to a group and if I don't
hear something in a couple of days, or if I can't find the solution
using a search engine, then I will 'multipost' a single message to a
different group. Just because I wipe my bottom with my left hand,
doesn't mean it's not right... err, should I say 'not correct'. :)
 
It's not to be used to 'post' for most - agreed...

However - in reasearching - just like google - it is a fantastic tool.

Makes it much easier to see if anyone asked a question similar to the one
you are about to ask, similar to the one you are about to answer or just
finding an old post of yours (or pointing someone to an old post of their
own) very easy - considering how much it archives.
Click to expand...

I have to agree with you on that. It's just I'm getting so darn old
and I hate wasting time learning new stuff. LOL
 
Zilbandy said:
I understand the differences, too. I PERSONALLY choose NOT to
crosspost or multipost. I'll send a message to a group and if I don't
hear something in a couple of days, or if I can't find the solution
using a search engine, then I will 'multipost' a single message to a
different group. Just because I wipe my bottom with my left hand,
doesn't mean it's not right... err, should I say 'not correct'. :)
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On the other hand, IF the OP had cross posted, you would have benefited
directly. As for your posting that is fine. Now as for wiping, use
whichever hand you wish, but I prefer using toilet paper. ;-)
 
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