bennychico11
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my personal computer (not an audio one) has been slowing down on me lately, starting up slow, hanging, etc.....so I decided to reformat and start from scratch. I have two internal IDE hard drives one 40GB and the other a Western Digital 120GB. I put all my personal files on the 120 and keeping the smaller one as the system. I decided to use this Windows SP2 version that's been sitting around not being used to install on the 40GB. Put it in, went through the whole setup procedure and MADE SURE that I choose to delete the two partitions on the C: only (one the system partition, and another a backup partition that for some reason was created awhile back when i reformated before). I did notice at the time that the 120GB drive was being recognized as a 35GB one....which confused me, but I didn't think too much about it.
Well...after formating everything and installing windows I noticed that Windows recognized my other drive but was still calling it a 35GB...but now it was also saying that it hasn't been formated and "would you like to format". Did I have a problem with the drive or is Windows XP SP2 in the habit of doing whatever the hell it wants to any and all drives?? Why is a 120 GB drive filled full of stuff, now being recognized as an empty, unpartitioned 35GB drive??
anyone else had issues like this??? this really pisses me off. I'm running VirtualLab Data Recovery Software and it looks like it's finding some if not all of my files...but the software is $100 to buy!
Well...after formating everything and installing windows I noticed that Windows recognized my other drive but was still calling it a 35GB...but now it was also saying that it hasn't been formated and "would you like to format". Did I have a problem with the drive or is Windows XP SP2 in the habit of doing whatever the hell it wants to any and all drives?? Why is a 120 GB drive filled full of stuff, now being recognized as an empty, unpartitioned 35GB drive??
anyone else had issues like this??? this really pisses me off. I'm running VirtualLab Data Recovery Software and it looks like it's finding some if not all of my files...but the software is $100 to buy!