OpenEuphoria

Re: A little off topic help

• Posted by Chris Burch <chriscrylex at aol.com> Sep 26, 2004
• 462 views

don cole wrote:
> 
> 
> Part of ananalzer report comparing my old computer with my new computer						
> 
> Dell (old computer)								
> 	Hard Disk Drives							
> 		Disk 1	3098.91	MB				
> 		Disk 2	1224.56	MB				
> 		Total	4323.47	MB				
> 
> 	Local Drives		Total		Used		Free	
> 		C:	2047.19	MB	1763.91	MB	283.28	MB
> 		D:	1047.19	MB	846.06	MB	201.12	MB
> 		E:	1220.41	MB	755.06	MB	465.34	MB
> 		F:	Disk has been removed					
> 		Totals	4314.79	MB	3365.03	MB	949.74	MB
> 		Diff	8.68	MB				
> 
> HP (New computer)								
> 	Hard Disk Drives							
> 		Disk 1	4112.33	MB				
> 
> 	Local Drives		Total		Used		Free	
> 		C:	2047.69	MB	0	MB	2047.69	MB
> 		D:	Disk has been removed					
> 		Totals	2047.69	MB	0	MB	2047.69	MB
> 		Diff	2064.64	MB	
> 
> 1.) What happened to the 2064.64 MB in the HP drive?
> 2.) What is the difference between a Hard Drive and a Local Drive?	
> 3,) I have Windows 98 and alot of other stuff installed in the HP drive and
> yet it
>     shows 0 MB Used and the Pie chart in DriveSpace shows 0 why?
> 
> Any help in this would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> don cole
> SF
> 


Hi

A hard drive is the physical 'thing' you have put into the computer
A local drive is what the computer reads - eg you can partition a physical
drive into partitions c:, d:, and e: if you wanted.

Dell
    2 hard drives
      drive 1 3098.91	MB	
         partitioned into c: 2047.19	MB
                          d: 1047.19	MB
      drive 2 1224.56   MB
         partitioned as whole e: 1220.41	MB
         (4MB or so loss due formatting / cluster size)
      drive f: cdrom
HP
   1 hard drive
      drive 1 4112.33	MB
         partitioned as whole c: 2047.69	MB
      drive d: cdrom

You are losing win 98.

It looks to me like you have come up against the 2GB limit. 
Are you using FAT32 or FAT16? If FAT16, reinstall win98, choosing
FAT32 as the format option.
Are you using the correct drivers for the drive - looks like a small
older drive to me, check out driverguide if the disk manufacturer doesn't
have the drivers.
Use ranish partition manager (www.ranish.com) to look at the drive,
even partition / format the the unused space. Partition manager will also
tell you if the first partition is fat16 or fat32.

Have fun

Chris
     


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