reinstall xp

I installed win xp on a 80 gig drive but when i look at it under explorer it
shows 7 gig when i look at it under disk management, it shows 7 gig ntfs and
66 gig unallocated.
do I have to start all over again, and reinstall win xp or is there a way to
keep the 7 gig of win xp and other programs but gain use to the rest of the
drive? If i do have to reinstall how do i get the whole drive allocated?
Thanks in advance for your help

On Jun 17, 12:37*pm, colleen
wrote:
I installed win xp on a 80 gig drive but when i look at it under explorer it
shows 7 gig when i look at it under disk management, it shows 7 gig ntfs and
66 gig unallocated.
do I have to start all over again, and reinstall win xp or is there a way to
keep the 7 gig of win xp and other programs but gain use to the rest of the
drive? *If i do have to reinstall how do i get the whole drive allocated?
Thanks in advance for your help

No need to re-install XP.

Depends on what you want to accomplish ....
1) how to get the whole drive allocated?
Assume you want the unallocated space to become another partition,
just open Disk Management and create partition on the unallocated
space.
Control Panel Admin Tools Computer Management Disk
Management

2) If you want to expand the C: drive from 7G to become 66G,
just use a Partition Manager that can resize partition.
PowerQuest Partition Manager, Acronis Disk Director are
commercial.
You can google "resize partition" to get some freebies.

you simply need to format
the unallocated space

then expand the system
partition.

go to admin tools,
computer management.

then right click on the
spaces displayed to see
what options are available
to you for disk management.

if you have winxp home
version you will likely
need to use a partitioning
software.

the problem is that if you
can't expand that 7 gig
space or merge it with
the rest the space,

you will have a problem
because 7 gigs for the
system partition will become
quickly used up and eventually
too small especially as you
install "programs" in windows.


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"colleen" wrote in message ...
I installed win xp on a 80 gig drive but when i look at it under explorer it
shows 7 gig when i look at it under disk management, it shows 7 gig ntfs and
66 gig unallocated.
do I have to start all over again, and reinstall win xp or is there a way to
keep the 7 gig of win xp and other programs but gain use to the rest of the
drive? If i do have to reinstall how do i get the whole drive allocated?
Thanks in advance for your help

you simply need to format
the unallocated space

then expand the system
partition.

go to admin tools,
computer management.

then right click on the
spaces displayed to see
what options are available
to you for disk management.

if you have winxp home
version you will likely
need to use a partitioning
software.

the problem is that if you
can't expand that 7 gig
space or merge it with
the rest the space,

you will have a problem
because 7 gigs for the
system partition will become
quickly used up and eventually
too small especially as you
install "programs" in windows.


--

db·´¯`·...¸)))º
DatabaseBen, Retired Professional
- Systems Analyst
- Database Developer
- Accountancy
- Veteran of the Armed Forces
- Microsoft Partner
- @hotmail.com
~~~~~~~~~~"share the nirvana" - dbZen




"colleen" wrote in message ...
I installed win xp on a 80 gig drive but when i look at it under explorer it
shows 7 gig when i look at it under disk management, it shows 7 gig ntfs and
66 gig unallocated.
do I have to start all over again, and reinstall win xp or is there a way to
keep the 7 gig of win xp and other programs but gain use to the rest of the
drive? If i do have to reinstall how do i get the whole drive allocated?
Thanks in advance for your help

Best to reinstall.
But if you want 2 partitions then
enter this value when prompted:
40GB Windows partition = 40960

This will give you about 35GB which
you can use Disk Management to create
and format a second partition.

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"colleen" wrote in message
...
I installed win xp on a 80 gig drive but when i look at it under explorer
it
shows 7 gig when i look at it under disk management, it shows 7 gig ntfs
and
66 gig unallocated.
do I have to start all over again, and reinstall win xp or is there a way
to
keep the 7 gig of win xp and other programs but gain use to the rest of
the
drive? If i do have to reinstall how do i get the whole drive allocated?
Thanks in advance for your help

Best to reinstall.
But if you want 2 partitions then
enter this value when prompted:
40GB Windows partition = 40960

This will give you about 35GB which
you can use Disk Management to create
and format a second partition.

--
JS
http://www.pagestart.com



"colleen" wrote in message
...
I installed win xp on a 80 gig drive but when i look at it under explorer
it
shows 7 gig when i look at it under disk management, it shows 7 gig ntfs
and
66 gig unallocated.
do I have to start all over again, and reinstall win xp or is there a way
to
keep the 7 gig of win xp and other programs but gain use to the rest of
the
drive? If i do have to reinstall how do i get the whole drive allocated?
Thanks in advance for your help

"colleen" wrote in message
...
I installed win xp on a 80 gig drive but when i look at it under explorer
it
shows 7 gig when i look at it under disk management, it shows 7 gig ntfs
and
66 gig unallocated.
do I have to start all over again, and reinstall win xp or is there a way
to
keep the 7 gig of win xp and other programs but gain use to the rest of
the
drive? If i do have to reinstall how do i get the whole drive allocated?
Thanks in advance for your help


Since it's a new install and you do not have data accumulated yet...
best to start over.

Boot with your XP cd
and delete all partitions,
then create one large partition and reinstall.

If you want to keep your existing installation but make use of the free
space to expand your current partition...
then you were given the correct advice that you will need a 3rd party
utility such as Partition Magic
to do so.

"colleen" wrote in message
...
I installed win xp on a 80 gig drive but when i look at it under explorer
it
shows 7 gig when i look at it under disk management, it shows 7 gig ntfs
and
66 gig unallocated.
do I have to start all over again, and reinstall win xp or is there a way
to
keep the 7 gig of win xp and other programs but gain use to the rest of
the
drive? If i do have to reinstall how do i get the whole drive allocated?
Thanks in advance for your help


Since it's a new install and you do not have data accumulated yet...
best to start over.

Boot with your XP cd
and delete all partitions,
then create one large partition and reinstall.

If you want to keep your existing installation but make use of the free
space to expand your current partition...
then you were given the correct advice that you will need a 3rd party
utility such as Partition Magic
to do so.

"colleen" wrote in message
...
I installed win xp on a 80 gig drive but when i look at it under explorer
it
shows 7 gig when i look at it under disk management, it shows 7 gig ntfs
and
66 gig unallocated.
do I have to start all over again, and reinstall win xp or is there a way
to
keep the 7 gig of win xp and other programs but gain use to the rest of
the
drive? If i do have to reinstall how do i get the whole drive allocated?
Thanks in advance for your help

7 gig is much to small for the system partition. You will run into
serious space problems much sooner than later.

Unfortunately, it's probably best if you start over, deleting the partition,
and creating one partition the full size of the drive.

HTH
-pk

"colleen" wrote in message
...
I installed win xp on a 80 gig drive but when i look at it under explorer
it
shows 7 gig when i look at it under disk management, it shows 7 gig ntfs
and
66 gig unallocated.
do I have to start all over again, and reinstall win xp or is there a way
to
keep the 7 gig of win xp and other programs but gain use to the rest of
the
drive? If i do have to reinstall how do i get the whole drive allocated?
Thanks in advance for your help

7 gig is much to small for the system partition. You will run into
serious space problems much sooner than later.

Unfortunately, it's probably best if you start over, deleting the partition,
and creating one partition the full size of the drive.

HTH
-pk

db wrote:
you simply need to format
the unallocated space

then expand the system
partition.


Er...., completely wrong order. If the OP were to create and format a
partition in the unallocated space, there'd clearly be no room in which
to expand the system partition.

Stick with subjects you know, whatever those might be. It's certainly
not computers.



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db wrote:
you simply need to format
the unallocated space

then expand the system
partition.


Er...., completely wrong order. If the OP were to create and format a
partition in the unallocated space, there'd clearly be no room in which
to expand the system partition.

Stick with subjects you know, whatever those might be. It's certainly
not computers.



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Help us help you:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot

colleen wrote:
I installed win xp on a 80 gig drive but when i look at it under explorer it
shows 7 gig when i look at it under disk management, it shows 7 gig ntfs and
66 gig unallocated.
do I have to start all over again, and reinstall win xp or is there a way to
keep the 7 gig of win xp and other programs but gain use to the rest of the
drive? If i do have to reinstall how do i get the whole drive allocated?
Thanks in advance for your help


There's nothing you can do with native WinXP tools, short of completely
wiping the hard drive and starting afresh. You'll need to acquire a 3rd
party partition management utility to expand the system partition into
the unallocated space.

For a fully functional, free, 30-day evaluation version, BootItNG
can't be beat:

Terabyte Unlimited's BootItNG
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot

colleen wrote:
I installed win xp on a 80 gig drive but when i look at it under explorer it
shows 7 gig when i look at it under disk management, it shows 7 gig ntfs and
66 gig unallocated.
do I have to start all over again, and reinstall win xp or is there a way to
keep the 7 gig of win xp and other programs but gain use to the rest of the
drive? If i do have to reinstall how do i get the whole drive allocated?
Thanks in advance for your help


There's nothing you can do with native WinXP tools, short of completely
wiping the hard drive and starting afresh. You'll need to acquire a 3rd
party partition management utility to expand the system partition into
the unallocated space.

For a fully functional, free, 30-day evaluation version, BootItNG
can't be beat:

Terabyte Unlimited's BootItNG
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot

Bruce Chambers wrote:
db wrote:
you simply need to format
the unallocated space

then expand the system
partition.


Er...., completely wrong order. If the OP were to create and format a
partition in the unallocated space, there'd clearly be no room in which
to expand the system partition.

Stick with subjects you know, whatever those might be. It's certainly
not computers.

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