Please click the link below for your operating system to download the TSG SysInfo Utility. Click on "Save File" then double-click the file to run it. Copy and paste the report in your initial post. Windows 7 and later (downloads a file named tsginfo.exe) | Windows XP (downloads a file named SysInfo.exe)

HD: Full capacity not recognized

1034 Views 4 Replies 3 Participants Last post by bigbear, Jan 7, 2007

roflcopter_1

Discussion Starter · Jan 6, 2007

Hello all, I recently was taking linux off of my only hard drive. I used gparted to remove the partitions, and the linux and linux swap partitions were deleted. However, the ntfs partition (the one with Windows XP on it) was not resized. I guess ntfs is more picky, and if you haven't shut down you computer correctly, gparted can't do anything to it until you reboot twice. So, the two linux partitions were deleted, but the ntfs wasn't resized. Then, I used my windows xp cd's recovery console to fix the mbr. Once I was back in windows, I rebooted twice, and then started gparted again. Now though, my hard drive shows up as having only the capacity of the windows partition. The ~50 gb from the linux partitions don't even show up as part of the hard disk. How can I fix this?

Save

Status: Not open for further replies.

1 - 2 of 5 Posts

bigbear

· #3 · Jan 6, 2007

What does it say in disk managment?
Go to start>run and type diskmgmt.msc and hit enter

Save

bigbear

· #5 · Jan 7, 2007

To be honest I have never heard of Gparted and am not sure what it has totaly done.
It has deleted the partition and windows does not recognize it as it needs to be formatted with ntfs.
As it stands you cant do this with out wiping the whole drive, this would lose everthing including the os.
I think your only option is to recreate a partition, this way you will be able to create a logical drive and format.
I would use Partition magic or Acronis True Image to create the partition

Save

1 - 2 of 5 Posts

Status: Not open for further replies.

Top Contributors this Month