"Lee" <Lee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DE15AD5F-4385-4B3B-8D61-6F8E8A0B4ED9@microsoft.com...
> The c"/ drive says there is 3 GB.
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> Lee
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> "Rock" wrote:
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>> "Lee" <Lee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
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>> >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?
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>> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
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You mean in disk management it only shows a drive that is 3GB. It doesn't
show other space?

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]