Im try to format a hard drive that I have partition 3 times.The first partition is 2 gig.How many clusters or allocated units are in 2 gig hard drive.
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not enough for a private's person's need
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The File Allocation Table (FAT) file system is a simple file system originally designed for small disks and simple folder structures. The FAT file system is named for its method of organization, the file allocation table, which resides at the beginning of the volume. To protect the volume, two copies of the table are kept, in case one becomes damaged. In addition, the file allocation tables and the root folder must be stored in a fixed location so that the files needed to start the system can be correctly located. \n\nA volume formatted with the FAT file system is allocated in clusters. The default cluster size is determined by the size of the volume. For the FAT file system, the cluster number must fit in 16 bits and must be a power of two. \n\nA version of the file allocation table (FAT) available in Windows 95 OSR 2 and Windows 98. FAT32 increases the number of bits used to address clusters and also reduces the size of each cluster. The result is that it can support larger disks (up to 2 terabytes) and better storage efficiency (less slack space). \n\n\nNTFS or New Technology File System is the standard file system of Windows NT and its descendants: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista.\n\nNTFS replaced Microsoft's previous FAT file system, used in MS-DOS and early versions of Windows. NTFS has several improvements over FAT such as improved support for metadata and the use of advanced data structures to improve performance, reliability and disk space utilization plus additional extensions such as security access control lists and file system journaling. The exact specification is a trade secret of Microsoft.
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You now have a "dual boot" machine.  When the BIOS looks for the OS and sees that there is 2, it will alway go to that screen you're talking about.  What you'll need to do is format both partitions.  Unless you have files you NEED to keep on one of them, this is the best way to start over.  It will save you plenty of headaches in the future.\n\nUse the formatting and partition tool in the XP setup.  When it asks you what you want for the sizes, use your current setup (10 and 70) but make a third.  Make it 1GB and label it "swap".  Windows will look at this partition as pure virtual memory.  Don't use this drive or erase anything on it.  It will always have about 990MB in it of misc crap.  After creating your partitions and formatting them all, install XP on the 10GB part and you should be good-to-go.
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nice tried explanations above, but the most are wrong. your system can't overcome the so called 32GB barrier. With a 40GB disk you should see approx a size of 37.2 GB what can be explained with the above mentioned calculation methods, but the true reason is still the 32GB barrier.\n\nRead the following article "Hard Drive Size Limitations and Barriers"\nhttp://www.dewassoc.com/kbase/hard_drives/hard_drive_size_barriers.htm\nto overcome this barrier go to the disk manufacturers website and look for a software tool that can resolve this problem. for example Maxtor has the tool called MaxBlast 4.
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Format the partition back to FAT32 or NTFS. You can do this by using your windows installation CD or if you know to use the FDISK command (Windows or Linux)\n\nIf that doesn't work you can use a partitioning tool like Ranish partition manager(Free) - http://www.ranish.com/part/ or Partition Magic(Commercial) to format the Linux partition(s)
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First of all I'll tell you how to rename your drive partition.\n\n1. Click on My Computer\n2. Right click on c_(C:)\n3. A menu appears on right click. Select ' Rename ' option from the menu.\n4. Now the c_ part will be highlighted. Type the name you wany to give. Suppose you give name Bob. Your new partition name will be displayed like Bob(C:).\n\nNow lets see what happened to your disk free space. ie missing ~35 GB.\nThere are three possibilities\n\n1. The hard disk have other partitions like (D:), (E:) etc and total of all partitions will add up to 40 gb. \n\n2. You have some other operating system (OS) installed and some partitions are not recognized by your current OS. For example you have win XP & Win 98. If you look from Win98 you cannot see NTFS  partition and it will be missing. Its recognized by WinXP only. Now also total space will add up to 40GB\n\n3.If both of the above senarios are not your case then you may have the free space in Hard disc but not assigned it to a partition. There is some technicality involved in the process of assigning free space to a partition. So you better call a guy from local comp shop.
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FDISK.EXE, it will let you create additional partitions.  Try start/run/fdisk.exe and click OK
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You will have to initialise the disk and then create a partition and format the disk if this has not been done already.\n\nYou will need to be logged in as the Administrator or a user with Administrator priviledges on the local computer.\n\nControl Panel >> Administrative Tools >> Computer Management >> Disk Management\n\nThe various disks in your computer will be shown on the right hand side.  Choose the 40GB external one by simply right clicking where it says Disk0 or Disk1.  The option "Initalise Disk" should be chosen.\n\nNow the disk ready to be formatted.  Just right click on the space next to the entry and choose "New Partition" and follow the instructions of the Wizard.  It is pretty straight forward.\n\nGood Luck
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It really depends on how you are going to use your computer. If you need another hard drive, then you should partition it to have at least 10Gigs of memory. I would only do one partition unless I have a HUGE hard drive memory. The only good thing about having two hard drives is the fact you have the ability to install two Operating Systems on it.The RAMS will do the same amount of work as well as the processor, its up to you if you  really need another drive for personal use.
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Follow these steps 1 thru 8 to format and zero out the extrnal drive. In step 6, choose Zero Out Data. Like the previous answerer said, it will take a long time to format and zero out. I'm guessing 4 to 5 hours.\n\nhttp://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/partitioning_tiger.html#top
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You can delete the partition, but you cannot reclaim it without repartitioning it, under which case it will appear under a different drive letter than your other partition.\n\nTo rejoin the partition to your Windows partition, you need to either repartition the entire disk -- which will destroy all data -- or use a partitioning program.
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It means that the hard drive already has a file format on it such as ext3, FAT32, or NTFS.\n\nA lot of times when you buy a hard drive, you must use a utility to format it OR you have to use your operating system install disk. If you buy a pre-formatted hard drive, the company you got it from has already done it.\n\nThe HD must have a "file system" in order for it to operate at all. Windows 2000 and XP use NTFS, some earlier Windows used FAT32, and some LINUX OS's use ext3. These are all unique in their own way. Some, however, cannot be "read" by some operating systems. Just make sure that your disk is pre-formatted with something that you can use. \n\nHope that helps,\nJon
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Yes you will lose windows , unless you partition your drive and make a new space for a new version of windows. Partitioning splits your drive into separate segments so you can have 1,2,3 or 4 operating systems on one hard drive.  Partition magic is a good tool for this.  When you boot your system , you will have a choice of windows to use.   Id advise you not to format your drive if you are unsure what to do , and dont have a genuine copy of windows to reinstall with.
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Left click "My Computer" to open a browser window to view all of your available drives.  Of course your hard drive is usually labelled as "C", but it may have two partitions.  The second partition is usually labelled "D".  "C" and "D" will be on the same drive but appear to be seperate.  I will get to why I mention this later.\n\nOnce in "My Computer" you can put your pointer over the drive that you want information on.  Without doing anything else, it should give you some basic information on the drive/partition; free space and total size.  If you want more details just right click and select "Properties".  This will give you a graphic representation of your available and total space on your drive. \n\nYou have a few options if you don't have any free space.  You can do a "Disk Cleanup".  Do this by clicking "Disk Cleanup" in the window you opened in the previous step or go to Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Cleanup.  This will find all temporary files, files in your recycle bin and various other files that you may not need anymore.  When it has run, it will give you a list of all of these files and how much space that they will free up if deleted.  Select the ones that you wish to delete and Finish.  Note that you should do this periodically as part of your regular PC maintanance.\n\nAnother option is to go through your computer and manually delete files and programs you don't need anymore.  You may delete something that you need if you are not careful though.  Deleting files is easy.  Right click and Delete or drag them to the Recycle bin.  To remove programs go to Start, Settings, Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs.  Once the program list pops up select to Remove the programs you want ot get rid of and follow the prompts.\n\nIf you have a lot of files that are taking up space, but don't want to get rid of them, move them to another storage media.  Put them on an external drive, or save them to disk.  You can even save them to the D drive if you have space there.  I like to save everything from my projects and working folders onto my D drive.  That way I know where my files are and they don't take up program space on my C drive
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I Take It You Only Have One Drive And Have It Partitioned 3 Ways....I Figure C: Has Windows On It......Depending On What You Have On D: You Won't Be Able To Combine X: And D:....If You Have Any Program Files Or Any Files That The OS Uses On Partition D: When You Combine Or Repartition The Drive The OS Will Not Work Properly...You Are Better Off Starting All Over....Parition It The Way You Want And Then Reinstall Windows....If There Is Nothing On D: Well Then Thats Simple....Just Go To Control Panel>Administative Tools>Computer Managment>Disk Managment> And The Repartion The Way You Like.......
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Now, that's got me thinking.\n\n3.5 inch floppies came in 2 sizes. 750K (or there about ) and 1.4 M\n\nA  1.4 meg drive can read both both sizes of disk.\nA 750 k drive can only read the smaller disk.\n\nThe format (disk geometry) will be different on each size of disk\n\nIt may be that the head alignment is out on the drive that is failing.
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install it as a 2nd HDD, boot to windows, R click on the My Comp icon. go to manage click on disk management then delete the partition on the drive >Poof< the partition is gone,