need help with reformatting my hard drive

comfortable_pants · 07-25-2006, 04:13 PM

so i was reformatting one of my 320gb hard drives, and windows decided that it would format it to 73.8gb (the size of my laptop harddrive) instead of 298 like it should.
so um, how do i format it back to it's original size?

**Jayhawkk** · 07-25-2006, 04:29 PM

Put your operating system in and reboot and delete the existing partition and start a new one.

comfortable_pants · 07-25-2006, 10:00 PM

i deleted the partition and it still shows it as being a 73 gb

**antihero** · 07-25-2006, 10:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by comfortable_pants

i deleted the partition and it still shows it as being a 73 gb

delete all the partitions and create a new one with all the free space.

**Sholiz** · 07-25-2006, 10:15 PM

Get the program "Partition Magic" ... then resize.

**NYCmitch25** · 07-25-2006, 11:14 PM

try what these guys said 1st but it almost sounds like the pc hardware isnt recongizing the hd size
is ithe pc older? try firmware or bios upgrde

**Jayhawkk** · 07-25-2006, 11:41 PM

^^ yeah if thre's no set partitions and it is saying your HD is that size it's probably what NYC said.

**skelooth** · 07-26-2006, 03:03 AM

use fdisk to make sure the disk is structures correctly.

What operating system? FAT32 has a size limit of something like 80gigs iirc. You need to make sure you're formatting either as NTFS, or as multiple partitions of FAT32

**romanaz** · 07-26-2006, 05:05 AM

sounds like FAT32 partitions, you want NTFS

comfortable_pants · 07-26-2006, 09:27 PM

even after i delete the partition (which was ntfs, btw) it still shows it as being 73gb. i got a partition manager program, but whenever i try to make a partition it will only allow up to 73bg. funny thing is that i have an identical hard drive running alongside it and it's showing full size.

comfortable_pants · 01-06-2007, 08:30 PM

any other ideas?

07-25-2006, 04:13 PM	#1
comfortable_pants Pro Stature Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 258 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 9	need help with reformatting my hard drive so i was reformatting one of my 320gb hard drives, and windows decided that it would format it to 73.8gb (the size of my laptop harddrive) instead of 298 like it should. so um, how do i format it back to it's original size? __________________

07-25-2006, 04:29 PM	#2
Jayhawkk Nutraplanet Rep Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,113 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 44	Put your operating system in and reboot and delete the existing partition and start a new one. __________________ Nutraplanet.com for all your supplement needs! ------------------------------ Hangin's too good for 'em! BURNIN'S too good for 'em! They should be ripped into itsy-bitsy little pieces and BURIED ALIVE!

07-25-2006, 10:00 PM	#3
comfortable_pants Pro Stature Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 258 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 9	i deleted the partition and it still shows it as being a 73 gb __________________

07-25-2006, 10:15 PM	#5
Sholiz Soldier In Progress Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 3,993 Recipes: 3 Rep Power: 234	Get the program "Partition Magic" ... then resize. __________________ You hear me before you see me, I got King Kong in the trunk

07-25-2006, 11:41 PM	#7
Jayhawkk Nutraplanet Rep Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,113 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 44	^^ yeah if thre's no set partitions and it is saying your HD is that size it's probably what NYC said. __________________ Nutraplanet.com for all your supplement needs! ------------------------------ Hangin's too good for 'em! BURNIN'S too good for 'em! They should be ripped into itsy-bitsy little pieces and BURIED ALIVE!

07-25-2006, 11:14 PM	#6
NYCmitch25 Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: New York Posts: 1,088 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 49	try what these guys said 1st but it almost sounds like the pc hardware isnt recongizing the hd size is ithe pc older? try firmware or bios upgrde

07-26-2006, 03:03 AM	#8
skelooth eh heh heh Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Behind you Posts: 8,042 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 162	use fdisk to make sure the disk is structures correctly. What operating system? FAT32 has a size limit of something like 80gigs iirc. You need to make sure you're formatting either as NTFS, or as multiple partitions of FAT32 __________________

07-26-2006, 09:27 PM	#10
comfortable_pants Pro Stature Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 258 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 9	even after i delete the partition (which was ntfs, btw) it still shows it as being 73gb. i got a partition manager program, but whenever i try to make a partition it will only allow up to 73bg. funny thing is that i have an identical hard drive running alongside it and it's showing full size. __________________

01-06-2007, 08:30 PM	#11
comfortable_pants Pro Stature Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 258 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 9	any other ideas? __________________

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