WinXp compresses 240GB HDD to 103GB, how do I uncompress it ?

skurbah · 09-24-2008, 11:41 AM

My computer is HP compaq with Intel board which was previously installed with WinXp Professional having SP2. (NTFS format). After my machine crashed, I tried to reinstall with WinXp Professional version (Original copy) which does not have SP2. But before formating the Disk, the partition show only 130GB instead of 240GB. Even after I re-install Windows it shows only 130 GB.How do I uncompress it or bring back the HDD to 240GB (NTFS).

Spectating · 09-24-2008, 03:02 PM

Give this a try.

Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management.

Go under the Storage tab, and click Disk Management. If you see the unallocated space for your hard drive, create a new partition there. You should recover all your disk space back. Hope this helps.

-Johnny

09-24-2008, 11:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
skurbah Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1 OS: XP	WinXp compresses 240GB HDD to 103GB, how do I uncompress it ? My computer is HP compaq with Intel board which was previously installed with WinXp Professional having SP2. (NTFS format). After my machine crashed, I tried to reinstall with WinXp Professional version (Original copy) which does not have SP2. But before formating the Disk, the partition show only 130GB instead of 240GB. Even after I re-install Windows it shows only 130 GB.How do I uncompress it or bring back the HDD to 240GB (NTFS). Last edited by skurbah; 09-24-2008 at 11:42 AM.

09-24-2008, 03:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
Spectating Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 23 OS: Windows XP	Re: WinXp compresses 240GB HDD to 103GB, how do I uncompress it ? Give this a try. Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management. Go under the Storage tab, and click Disk Management. If you see the unallocated space for your hard drive, create a new partition there. You should recover all your disk space back. Hope this helps. -Johnny