Lost Partition

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Dear all:

How do i find lost area on my disk?
40G hard disk is divided into 3 logical area, in this way- 10G,10Gand 20G.

os win2kserver xppro data (ntfs)
myplan 10G 10G 20G
actual designed 9.76G 9.01 17.7G
total lost area 3.51G

They are correctly divided ? If not, how to get lost area? I need more disk
for storing my data.
I donot want to make a new partion and reinstallation with removing my data.

Appriciate you valuable help!

kris
 
Dear all:

How do i find lost area on my disk?
40G hard disk is divided into 3 logical area, in this way- 10G,10Gand 20G.

os win2kserver xppro data (ntfs)
myplan 10G 10G 20G
actual designed 9.76G 9.01 17.7G
total lost area 3.51G

They are correctly divided ? If not, how to get lost area? I need more disk
for storing my data.
I donot want to make a new partion and reinstallation with removing my data.

Appriciate you valuable help!

kris
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Some of the difference has to do with how the size of the disk is measured.
Hard drive manuafactures use powers of 10 and Windows uses powers of 2.
Mfr: 1000 kb = 1MB
Windows 1024 kb = 1MB
My 60 GB drive, using 3 partitions, totals up to ~55.5 GB under Windows.
 
Sharon F said:
Some of the difference has to do with how the size of the disk is measured.
Hard drive manuafactures use powers of 10 and Windows uses powers of 2.
Mfr: 1000 kb = 1MB
Windows 1024 kb = 1MB
My 60 GB drive, using 3 partitions, totals up to ~55.5 GB under Windows.
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I'll say my 120 gig disk shows as a total of 114 gig. There is slack drive
space after all. I hope I'm saying that right.
 
I'll say my 120 gig disk shows as a total of 114 gig. There is slack drive
space after all. I hope I'm saying that right.
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Yes, you said it fine. Slack space is an additional loss. Add it to the
difference in math that is used by hard drive manufacturers and Windows.
 
Thanks, Sharon.

Quick question: I'm using XP prof and Fat 32 on all my logical drives. I've
been unable to decide about converting to NTFS.

It seems everyone here is recommending it. I have Partition Magic 8. Should
I do it? Whast advantage is there for me?

Thanks
 
Thanks, Sharon.

Quick question: I'm using XP prof and Fat 32 on all my logical drives. I've
been unable to decide about converting to NTFS.

It seems everyone here is recommending it. I have Partition Magic 8. Should
I do it? Whast advantage is there for me?

Thanks
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Whether or not you convert is up to you. I started with WinXP on FAT32 and
eventually switched to NTFS. Would not go back to FAT32 unless there was a
specific need. Help and Support has a lot of information about the pros and
cons of each file system.

I like the stability of the NTFS file system. If an application or even the
operating system crashes, there is rarely file damage to recuperate from.
On the flip side, an NTFS drive in trouble is heck to repair. I make system
images on a regular basis. In over two years, have never had to restore for
file system reasons but still maintain current images "just in case."

For your reference, Alex Nichol's article about converting from FAT32 to
NTFS: http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm
 
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