Ray wrote:

Windows ME in control panel report my hard drive as 3 gig. My hard drive is
10 gig. How can I fix this without reinstalling the operating system?


Open a DOS command prompt window and enter the following command:

FDISK /STATUS

Write down the results and post that information back here.

There are two prime suspects for the cause of your problem:

1. Your hard drive is not being properly recognized by the computer's
BIOS. In that case the FDISK /STATUS report will show that the drive
is a 3 gb and that all the space is being utilized.

2. Your hard drive has not been partitioned correctly, and there is
some space not being used by any partitions. It is also possible that
the missing space has been configured as a non-DOS partition or as an
Extended DOS partition with no logical drives defined. The FDISK
/STATUS report will reveal the details if this is what has happened.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca