"Lee" <Lee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

> Thank you for your help. I had to wait until Monday to look at the disk
> management since the troublesome computer is at work. Here is what is
> says:
> volume layout type file system status capacity free
> space fault tol.
> C partition basic NTFS healthy System 4.01 GB 501 MB
> no
> E partition basic NTFS healthy 37.27 GB
> 37.08
> GB no
> Lee
>
>
> "Rock" wrote:
>
>> "Lee" <Lee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

>> > The c"/ drive says there is 3 GB.
>> > --
>> > 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?

>> You mean in disk management it only shows a drive that is 3GB. It
>> doesn't
>> show other space?

And it doesn't show any unallocated space? That is strange. Is the drive
detected properly in the BIOS? Download a drive diagnostic utility from the
drive manufacturer's web site. That will create a bootable floppy or CD.
Boot from it and run the diagnostics.

What shows if you install it as a slave drive in another XP or Win2k
computer?

This is a work computer? Don't you have an IT person to handle this?

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]