C drive memory changed to 1Gb memory

[Sacred_Devil]

 I ran into a big problem. Last time my c drive have 66.7GB of memory, after some partitioning, it became 1GB. how do i change it back to 66.7GB?

[Raptor]

You may need to activate the remaining storage capacity.

[Sacred_Devil]

how do i activate it?

[Raptor]

You can only activate the remaining storage space if you have partitioned it. Have you done so?

If yes, then here is how to activate the remaining space (Windows XP):

1. Right click on My Computer
2. Manage
3. Unfold storage
4. Disk Manager
5. Right click on the unactivated, but partitioned space and select format

You can also activate the remaining space through Fdisk or Windows XP Setup.

[Sacred_Devil]

i'm still running win 98 not xp... big disaster... it was... gonna stick to win 98....
sorry for late reply
so what is the step for win 98... cos i couldnt find 'manage'

[Raptor]

Create a Bootable floppy disk and type the command Fdisk

[Mac]

When you used fdisk did you remember to Enable Large Drive Support?

1024 Mb = 1·0Gb

10240 Mb = 10 Gb

The space on a drive is referred to as drive-space.

Memory is either RAM (Random Access Memory) or swap-file (Virtual Memory) (Paging file with Windows NT/2000/XP)

[Sacred_Devil]

yea... when i went to "fdisk" command, it asked if i want to enable large disk support for FAT, i said no. the after that it asked if i want to allow large disk space for ntfs, i said yes.
so i went to set active partition, this is what it showed me:

partition:             1            C: 2             3
status:                                 A
type:               ExtDOS     PriDOS        NTFS
volume:
label:
Mbytes:            4761         2047         2748
system:                             FAT16
usage:               44%         19%           25%

just to make sure, it is read like this: Partition 1 has a ExtDOS, 4761 MBytes, and its usage is 44%..

open to all helps....

total disk space is 10781Mbytes

when i try to set partition 1 to active, it said partition selected not startable.

so i'm not sure what to do now...
and my c drive is still on 1.99GB...
i want to return it to 66.7GB

[Raptor]

You should say yes to Large disk support for FAT as Windows 98 can not read NTFS.

You may need to delete and recreate partitions until you are able to assign the the total amount of disk space you have in your possession.

[Mac]

Windows '98 should only be set up on FAT32 so you need to answer Yes to "Do you want to Enable Large Drive Support for FAT32."

You should go back to fdisk, Enable Large Drive Support for FAT32, and delete ALL the partitions on the drive. Then make a new C: drive (Primary DOS drive) of say 2050 Mb and then an Extended DOS drive using ALL of the remaining space.

You can make three Logical drives IN the extended DOS partition.

But you say that the total drive space is 10781 Mb which is only 10.528 Gb...

Which bootdisk are you using to partition the drive with?

I would just use a standard Windows '98 bootdisk.

[Sacred_Devil]

i was told  i can allocate how many MegaBytes into each partition... how do i do that?

[Raptor]

By following  the instructions provided by the program. It should prompt you at a certain point wheter you wish to divide Hard Disk Drive space in megabytes or percentages of the total amount of disk space available.

[Sacred_Devil]

you mean after i delete the partition?
because i'm very tired of doing the formatting... i have been doing it for like 3 or 4 times for the last few days.
so i want to be very sure

[Sacred_Devil]

bump!

i delete my partition all that, formatted it....

and i could not find the part where it prompt me to divide the space...

and it is still stuck with 1.99GB

[Raptor]

Does your BIOS detect your Hard Disk Drive as 67.7GB?

You may need to make use of the following simulator to gain experience in using Fdisk.

Information about the fdisk command.