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SectorCluster · 07-30-2008, 11:14 AM

Ok, I decided to try Linux as an operation system. When i installed it my computer went mental. So decided to give up on the Linux and go back to WIndows Xp. Ran the CD installer, It then says there are no hardrives found.....
Check BIOS it says there are 2 100GB Hardrives, however the BIOS does look different. So i decide then to use fdisk to repartion them. I manage to make a active partitioned drive. When formating i notice it was extremely quick and the free space didn't seem too much.
So i decided to run chkdsk and it spat out:

195,310,688 Kilobytes disk space
195,310,656 Kilobytes Free

32,768 bytes in each allocation unit
6,103,459 total allocation units on disk
6,103,458 avaible allocation units on disk

655,360 total bytes memory
544,784 bytes free

To me for 2 100GB Hardrives that seems to me incorrect

Please i have been trying to fix this for some time. I don't consider myself a computer tard but this is sending me into depresion!

07-30-2008, 11:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
SectorCluster Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 40 OS: XP Windows	[SOLVED] Hardrives Don't exsist Ok, I decided to try Linux as an operation system. When i installed it my computer went mental. So decided to give up on the Linux and go back to WIndows Xp. Ran the CD installer, It then says there are no hardrives found..... Check BIOS it says there are 2 100GB Hardrives, however the BIOS does look different. So i decide then to use fdisk to repartion them. I manage to make a active partitioned drive. When formating i notice it was extremely quick and the free space didn't seem too much. So i decided to run chkdsk and it spat out: 195,310,688 Kilobytes disk space 195,310,656 Kilobytes Free 32,768 bytes in each allocation unit 6,103,459 total allocation units on disk 6,103,458 avaible allocation units on disk 655,360 total bytes memory 544,784 bytes free To me for 2 100GB Hardrives that seems to me incorrect Please i have been trying to fix this for some time. I don't consider myself a computer tard but this is sending me into depresion!