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Thread ID: 63544 2005-11-13 16:21:00 help for a beginer to find way round pc hammer (1735) Press F1
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404108 2005-11-13 16:21:00 my ex partitioned my pc and has left me with a partition of 20gb that i cant find or access... i am running out of space and want to use it..... it shows up in disc defrag but i cant gain access to it anywhere else... i dont care what is on it but if i format it how do i use the space if i cant find it ... and anyway i dont know where to go to find it hammer (1735)
404109 2005-11-13 17:08:00 assumiin you are runnin xp..........then right clik 'my computer' then clik 'manage' then clik 'disk management'......then in the right hand panel you can right clik on drives listed to format/partition etc etc.... drcspy (146)
404110 2005-11-13 18:16:00 assumiin you are runnin xp..........then right clik 'my computer' then clik 'manage' then clik 'disk management'......then in the right hand panel you can right clik on drives listed to format/partition etc etc....

could that be used to see the hidden partitions..not that I have any...but it might be a good tool for when I get to "help" another buddy?
SurferJoe46 (51)
404111 2005-11-13 19:09:00 hm.........nottoo sure I'll have to hide one of my data partitions and check lol drcspy (146)
404112 2005-11-13 19:10:00 yes it does show hidden partitions........ drcspy (146)
404113 2005-11-15 20:43:00 thanks for help but yes i had done that and have found that the partition is there and also i could format it. but as i cant see it showing anywhere else on my pc if it was formated would i be able to use it.... how do i put stuff in it if it doesnt show on right click or on "my computer" it is more to be able to access sit too that i need... hammer (1735)
404114 2005-11-15 22:03:00 if you access and format it as I've siad it'll show up after that in 'my comptuer'......and be perfectly usable drcspy (146)
404115 2005-11-16 00:49:00 thanks i was a bit worried it wouldnt... but why cant i get it to show anywhere now hammer (1735)
404116 2005-11-16 00:54:00 It doesn't show anywhere now because it isn't usable. There's no Windows file system on it, so there's no way for Windows operations to use it. That's to avoid confusion. ;)

It will appear only when it is properly formatted so that Windows can use it.
Graham L (2)
404117 2005-11-16 01:00:00 I DID mention formatting it.......maybe they just didn't read properly ? drcspy (146)
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