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Old November 14th 05, 12:38 AM
Ray
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Default Windows ME not reporting correct hard drive size

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?

Also, the screen "It is now safe to shut down your computer..." never comes
up and as a result scan disk runs whenever I boot the system.

Are these problems related?

Thank for the help,

Ray
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Old November 14th 05, 12:56 PM
Joan Archer
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Ray for your shutdown problems look here
Courtesy of MikeM.
Joan

Tracking down shutdown and power-off problems (they differ) can be
somewhat
difficult but may I suggest that you start by having a look at MS KB
273746 -
"How to Troubleshoot Windows Me Shutdown Problems"
(http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=273746) and then move on to Jim
Eshelman's
pages at http://aumha.org/win4/a/shutdown.htm and
http://aumha.org/win4/a/shtdwnme.htm which cover this topic. Hopefully
you
will find advice there that will help your resolve your problem.
--
Mike Maltby






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?

Also, the screen "It is now safe to shut down your computer..." never
comes up and as a result scan disk runs whenever I boot the system.

Are these problems related?

Thank for the help,

Ray



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Old November 14th 05, 09:36 PM
Ron Martell
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Default Windows ME not reporting correct hard drive size

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
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Old November 20th 05, 08:06 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.software
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Default Windows ME not reporting correct hard drive size

fdisk/status shows 9774 mbytes 100% usage? Windows shows 3 gig total 1 gig
available. How can I fix this without having to reinstall everything? Any
ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Ray


"Ron Martell" wrote in message
...
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



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Old November 20th 05, 10:17 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.software
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Default Windows ME not reporting correct hard drive size

OK I was able to determine that windows is shutting down successfully but
scan disk runs every time I start the computer. Anybody have any ideas. I
appreciate the help.

Thanks,

Ray
"Joan Archer" wrote in message
...
Ray for your shutdown problems look here
Courtesy of MikeM.
Joan

Tracking down shutdown and power-off problems (they differ) can be
somewhat
difficult but may I suggest that you start by having a look at MS KB
273746 -
"How to Troubleshoot Windows Me Shutdown Problems"
(http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=273746) and then move on to Jim
Eshelman's
pages at http://aumha.org/win4/a/shutdown.htm and
http://aumha.org/win4/a/shtdwnme.htm which cover this topic. Hopefully
you
will find advice there that will help your resolve your problem.
--
Mike Maltby






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?

Also, the screen "It is now safe to shut down your computer..." never
comes up and as a result scan disk runs whenever I boot the system.

Are these problems related?

Thank for the help,

Ray





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Old November 21st 05, 10:56 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.software
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"Raymond Tucker Jr" wrote:

fdisk/status shows 9774 mbytes 100% usage? Windows shows 3 gig total 1 gig
available. How can I fix this without having to reinstall everything? Any
ideas would be greatly appreciated.


FDISK /STATUS should have provided some additional information about
the partitions that exist on the drive.

Try this:

FDISK /STATUS STATUS.TXT

Then use start - run - C:\STATUS.TXT to open the file in Notepad. Copy
the entire text from Notepad (Ctrl+A then Ctrl+C) and then paste that
into a reply back here (Ctrl+V)

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
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Old November 21st 05, 11:21 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.software
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Default Windows ME not reporting correct hard drive size

Ron,

Every time I try this I get an error that says parse error 9. Not sure what
that means.

Ray

"Ron Martell" wrote in message
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"Raymond Tucker Jr" wrote:

fdisk/status shows 9774 mbytes 100% usage? Windows shows 3 gig total 1

gig
available. How can I fix this without having to reinstall everything?

Any
ideas would be greatly appreciated.


FDISK /STATUS should have provided some additional information about
the partitions that exist on the drive.

Try this:

FDISK /STATUS STATUS.TXT

Then use start - run - C:\STATUS.TXT to open the file in Notepad. Copy
the entire text from Notepad (Ctrl+A then Ctrl+C) and then paste that
into a reply back here (Ctrl+V)

Good luck

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



 




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