How to partition a hard drive step by step?

allanb48 · #1 Mar 5, 2007, 03:31 PM

Downloaded a program and it formatted my hard drive.

Have a 20 gig hard drive after it done this, it now reads 12 gig
Can anybody help get the 20 gig back
Need steps to clear this up, I don't know anything about hard drives. I'm running Xp Home on HP. Pavilion.
Help

HVAC888 · Mar 5, 2007, 04:34 PM

What program did you use?

Connect the 20gig drive as a 2nd device, and use Window's Disk Management to reformat it.

TheSavage · Mar 5, 2007, 06:36 PM

are you sure that you do not mean "partitioned" your hard drive? If your formated it you would have had to reinstall your operating system if it was your c-drive. -- Savage