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Hi
I was wondering if any one can help me?
I switched my machine on a couple of days ago and got a message @operating
system not fou
nd.
I run win 98 se
I tried booting from the cd and was prompted for the start up disc.All was
well until it reformatted my hard drive.It was a fortnight since I backed up
so this was a minor annyance not a major disaster.
Once all was reloaded all was well, wntil the same thing happened yesterday.
This time however my HD was formatted to 2GB it should be 40GB.
The system appears to be working fine so I do not think it is a hard ware
issue. On both occasions I loaded up to date Norton software so a known
virus would have been picked up.
The most pressing need is to get back the 38GB. I can not reformat as it
contains windows. So how do I get Win 98 to recogcnise the rest of my HD.
Many Thanks

Hi.

1. Did you use Fdisk to fromat the partition?
2. You can also try right clicking on My Computer . Manage . You will see
another Dialog: Computer Management. Select Disk Mangement,
Click on that and you will see your drives C, CD/CDRW and any unpartition
space on your your drive.
Click on the the upartition space and format it.
3. Check your BIOS also to see if your HD is recognized
at its full capacity.
4. Download The trial Copy of PartitionMagic if all else fails and install
it.


Hope This Helps!

Thanks everybody I will give it a try

How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition
or Repartition a Hard Disk
http://support.microsoft.com/search/...b;en-us;255867

Unable to Delete a Partition or Logical DOS Drive Using the
Fdisk Utility
http://support.microsoft.com/search/...b;en-us;261473


On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 07:33:58 +0000 (UTC), in
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Jenimer scrawled:

>Hi
>I was wondering if any one can help me?
>I switched my machine on a couple of days ago and got a message @operating
>system not fou
>nd.
>I run win 98 se
>I tried booting from the cd and was prompted for the start up disc.All was
>well until it reformatted my hard drive.It was a fortnight since I backed up
>so this was a minor annyance not a major disaster.
>Once all was reloaded all was well, wntil the same thing happened yesterday.
>This time however my HD was formatted to 2GB it should be 40GB.
>The system appears to be working fine so I do not think it is a hard ware
>issue. On both occasions I loaded up to date Norton software so a known
>virus would have been picked up.
>The most pressing need is to get back the 38GB. I can not reformat as it
>contains windows. So how do I get Win 98 to recogcnise the rest of my HD.
>Many Thanks
>

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Went The FDISK route successfully
Thanks
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> Thanks everybody I will give it a try
>
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