The c"/ drive says there is 3 GB.
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Lee


"Rock" wrote:

> "Lee" <Lee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>
> >I added a second (used) 40 GB hard drive to my Dell Dimension L500r pc. It
> > runs on Windows XP professional. In the process, somehow the original 40
> > GB
> > hard drive shrunk to 3 GB. The added drive also showed only 3 GB, but I
> > was
> > able to initialize, partition and format it to show 37 GB. How can I
> > restore the lost drive space without losing my operating system?
>
> What shows in disk management?
>
> --
> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
>
>