Bios Partitioning

microsoftman · 05-08-2006, 08:16 AM

Hello.
When I bought my PC late last year, I was given the option to create a 'hidden partition' by my Phoenix BIOS. I created a 30GB partition on my 120GB hard Drive. When I installed Windows XP the partition was not there, and all that remained was my C:\ Drive, now at 80GB. I followed instructions in the manual to change the partition settings in my BIOS by pressing LShift and F12 at startup but all I get is 'No Proper HDD found'. Does anyone know how I can get this lost 30GB back?

Thank you.

willmon18 · 05-09-2006, 12:54 PM

Well if you can figure out how to run fdisk through dos then you should be ok. Once you are in the fdisk though dos just delete the 30gb partition and you will be fine.

**linderman** · 05-09-2006, 07:13 PM

fdisk will not see or do anything if the drive is formatted with NTFS

try using boot it ng (free for 30 days >>>> print the manual )

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html

willmon18 · 05-09-2006, 08:14 PM

That seems like a nice tool. I am not entirelly sure about that NTFS thing though. Because I have a NTFS hard drive and fdisk still showed me that hard drive and partitions that were in NTFS format. There must be a misunderstanding somewhere. But anyway that software should take care of what he is wanting to do.

05-08-2006, 08:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
microsoftman Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Yorkshire, England Posts: 97 OS: Xp Pro, Vista 5472	Bios Partitioning Hello. When I bought my PC late last year, I was given the option to create a 'hidden partition' by my Phoenix BIOS. I created a 30GB partition on my 120GB hard Drive. When I installed Windows XP the partition was not there, and all that remained was my C:\ Drive, now at 80GB. I followed instructions in the manual to change the partition settings in my BIOS by pressing LShift and F12 at startup but all I get is 'No Proper HDD found'. Does anyone know how I can get this lost 30GB back? Thank you.

05-09-2006, 07:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 19,370 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	fdisk will not see or do anything if the drive is formatted with NTFS try using boot it ng (free for 30 days >>>> print the manual ) http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html __________________ Even a Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day ! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial

05-09-2006, 12:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
willmon18 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Missouri Posts: 381 OS: Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 My System	Well if you can figure out how to run fdisk through dos then you should be ok. Once you are in the fdisk though dos just delete the 30gb partition and you will be fine.

05-09-2006, 08:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
willmon18 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Missouri Posts: 381 OS: Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 My System	That seems like a nice tool. I am not entirelly sure about that NTFS thing though. Because I have a NTFS hard drive and fdisk still showed me that hard drive and partitions that were in NTFS format. There must be a misunderstanding somewhere. But anyway that software should take care of what he is wanting to do.