Lost 12GB space!!!

[baby_grandma]

There's Unaccounted 12Gb in the boot drive of my computer.
there arent any bad sectors in my hard drive,but still after reloading win XP again,the lost space is....ummm...still lost out sumwhr.
can ne1 help???

[ravi_9793]

strat-->>right click my computer-->>manage-->>Disk management.

Recover your hard disk from here.

[infra_red_dude]

do you haf a branded computer?

[baby_grandma]

@ravi_9793...yep,i tried it but it just shows the total space of the partition where i have the problem...what do i do aftr dat bro???

@infra_red_dude...yeah,its a branded acer laptop bro.
working just fyne...except for the space problem dat is!!!

[ravi_9793]

Originally Posted by baby_grandma

@ravi_9793...yep,i tried it but it just shows the total space of the partition where i have the problem...what do i do aftr dat bro???

Right click on unused space/raw space-->>there you will get the option to use it -->>follow the wiwaz -->>choose the type of format(FAT/NTFS)-->.assign partition name and letter.-->>Done

[baby_grandma]

@ravi_9793...this can be done only with the unpartitioned space bro.
one drive of mine is 30GB...but i can only fill it up with 18GB...i juzz cudnt find where the rest 12Gb was!!!

[ravi_9793]

^^^than you need some software like magic partition .

[casual_gamer]

Usually laptops reserve some space for factory backup, so that u can restore to factory settings if something happens. i am getting a feeling that you are trying to recover that space

[ravi_9793]

Even branded computer reserve soem space for factory backup.And in that case you cant do anything.

As you have mentioned earlier in this thread, that you have branded computer..than I will suggest you to call customer care.

[Cyrus_the_virus]

^^ Rightly said, most of the branded computers have their OS backed up. For example if your windows XP crashes, you can recover it within a press of few buttons. All this happens with the help of what ever is backed up in that partition. And this partition won't be usable. Unless you don't want to take the chance of loosing your genuine copy of the OS, you can always go ahead and repartion it. Because once you delete that partition, expect very less technical support from the manufacturer.