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

>I am a school teacher and this is my personal computer that I took to work.
> The IT people have been very helpful, but cannot spend time on my computer
> since it doesn't belong to the corporation.
> --
> Lee
>
>
> "Rock" wrote:
>
>> "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?


Ok, but you didn't answer any of the questions. We can't see your computer,
only you can. As an alternative you could take it to a competent computer
repair shop, not the local Geek squad.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]