HDD free space lost in Space....

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  1. Posts : 5
    Win 7 HP x64
       #1

    HDD free space lost in Space....


    Hi

    My laptop has 2x 7,200RMP ~320 GB hardrives. Previously I was using Vista and all partitions were devided equally (~150 GB) . After I've installed Win7 on C, part. D (which also has recovery files) suddenly became 13 GB,whilst other ones stayed the same.
    So my question is where did the other 135 GB go ?

    Thx in advance
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  2. Posts : 1,114
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
       #2

    Try posting a screen shot of disk mgmt so we can give a more accurate answer.
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  3. Posts : 5
    Win 7 HP x64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Here it is
    Btw just found out that it's physically there, but not shown nor named. How come so ?http://www.freeimagehosting.net/imag...912d061e3b.jpg
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  4. Posts : 39
    Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
       #4

    There's nothing missing, although you do have one partition that doesn't have a drive letter assigned to it. Right click on the the first partition of drive 1 and select "Change drive letters and path" in order to make it available to windows
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  5. Posts : 5
    Win 7 HP x64
    Thread Starter
       #5

    MadHacker said:
    There's nothing missing, although you do have one partition that doesn't have a drive letter assigned to it. Right click on the the first partition of drive 1 and select "Change drive letters and path" in order to make it available to windows
    That's just the prob, nothing (except Delete & Help) is available in the menu.
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  6. Posts : 39
    Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
       #6

    Try formatting the partition as NTFS from disk management first
    If that doesnt work you will have to do it via elevated command prompt:
    type cmd from the start menu > right click and select run as administrator
    in the command window type the following one at a time and press enter after each command:

    diskpart
    sel disk 1
    sel par 1
    format /fs:ntfs /q
    assign
    exit

    That should solve your problem
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  7. Posts : 5
    Win 7 HP x64
    Thread Starter
       #7

    MadHacker said:
    In that case you will have to do it via elevated command prompt:
    type cmd from the start menu > right click and select run as administrator
    in the command window type the following one at a time and press enter after each command:

    diskpart
    sel disk 1
    sel par 1
    assign
    exit

    That should solve your problem
    Still nothing : "No volume given. Please select a volume and try again"
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  8. Posts : 39
    Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
       #8

    try it again as posted now.. I edited my last post after I noticed the partition wasn't formatted
    otherwise type

    list vol
    sel vol (the one that has no drive letter assigned)
    assign
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  9. Posts : 5
    Win 7 HP x64
    Thread Starter
       #9

    MadHacker said:
    try it again as posted now.. I edited my last post after I noticed the partition wasn't formatted
    otherwise type

    list vol
    sel vol (the one that has no drive letter assigned)
    assign
    Tried formating: but says: "Argument invalid"
    Second option didn't work either, cuze this partition isn't even listed.
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  10. Posts : 39
    Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
       #10

    That's strange because if it's listed in disk management, you should be able to right click on the partition to format it, then assign a drive letter. At this point I am out of ideas
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