Less Harddrive Space shown after formatting

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Arjun M

Friends,
I formatted my PC this morning.The total space in my PC 160 GB.But
after formatting its showing as 17 GB .Looks like i have lost almost
143 GB of hard drive space.
Please help me to solve this problem.

Thanks
Arjun M
 
Hard drive manufacturers provide software that helps to set up their drives.
Check the appropriate web site or did you get a CD with the drive? Use it.
 
Jerry,
Thanks a lot for the reply.
But this hard drive came with Dell.And my computer had 143 GB hard
space used.But it was attacked by lot adware.So i had to format the
harddrive.
But my space is lot.
Please advice.
Thanks
Arjun M
 
What program did you use to format the PC?

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Richard,
Thanks a lot for the reply.
I agree that i did not knew as much i should i have known when
formatting.
But here is the situation.

My previous administrator was called A...
And after the most recent formating it was called B....

So now i can see that there is user called A.But i cannot access it.And
it has storage of 143 GB.I want to delete it tus user A.

Please advice
Arjun M
 
You keep talking about formatting, but I don't think that you really
formatted. Formatting is when you wipe the hard drive absolutely clean.
Nothing remains. If something is there after you "formatted", you didn't
format - you performed a repair install.

What exactly did you do, and what program did you use that you think
formatted your computer?

Your precise and clear answer will allow people to assist you.

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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
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Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
Richard,
Thanks a lot for your reply.
Ok here is what i did;
I restalled windows Xp.When i was installing the windows XP iasked me
if i want to delete the all the files.I said yes.
I guessi did not format.

Please help me to completely wipe out my hard drive.

Please advice
Arjun M
 
Arjun said:
Richard,
Thanks a lot for your reply.
Ok here is what i did;
I restalled windows Xp.When i was installing the windows XP iasked me
if i want to delete the all the files.I said yes.
I guessi did not format.

Please help me to completely wipe out my hard drive.
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I think it is quite possible you installed Windows into a folder. No
matter what you did, you did it wrong if you wanted to simply format
your drive and start over.

Follow the instructions in the first link. The second link will tell you
what you need to reinstall Windows.

http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html - Clean Install How-To
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Reinstalling_Windows -
What you will need on-hand

Malke
 
Thanks Malke. You got back to him before I could. (-;

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Richard Urban
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Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
Malke,

Thanks a lot for the response.

Arjun M
Richard said:
Thanks Malke. You got back to him before I could. (-;

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
Click to expand...
 
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