depending on your motherboard it might not support over 130gb,

also windows itself normally only supports 130, you have to enable support for higher


i assume you dont have any data recovery cd's etc, but before you re-install over the top of it, i'd prolly take it to a tech to get installed.

this is why if you dont know what your doing, its worth just paying someone the 30 bux to have it installed

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for #2 a quick format doesnt erase anything it just writes over the current data with zeros and ones so I tech may be able to get back you stuff..maybe

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for #2 find some pc recovery software such as GetDataBack Data Recovery 3.02. With this you should be able to restore most of your files.
http://www.download.com/GetDataBack-...-10511928.html
Good luck!

for starters windows would never format one driver instead of the other
you would of formatted the wrong drive all u had to do was right click on the drive and click format and if it was your first drive and it wasn't Partitioned widows would not of formatted it coz its contains your windows file
so u have done some thing wrong here
and as for data receovery they wont be able to recover all the date only some
my advice in the future if your dont no what your doing dont do it

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try Active Partition Pro.. i will mail u link (check your private messages)

Active@ Partition Recovery is a very small and easy to use DOS Program (only 150k in size) using which you can:

* Recover deleted partitions (FAT, FAT32 and NTFS)
* Restore deleted FAT and NTFS Logical Drives
* Create Drive Image - for backup purposes
* Scan hard drives and detect deleted FAT and NTFS partitions and/or Logical Drives
* Preview files and folders on deleted partition or drive, to recover proper data
* Backup MBR (Master Boot Record), Partition Table, Boot Sectors
* Restore MBR, Partition Table and Boot Sectors from backup if damaged

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Try recover your files... but if it was me i would just wipe the system... dont do it if you dont know what your doing.

I like formatting system... so fast...

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if he had trouble installing windows and he deleted the wrong drive by accident
i dont think him using another dos program is such a good idea
he should really get some one who knows what there doing to fix it
before he causes more damage

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Have you got Winxp sp2 installed? if not that may be the prob, i sold an 160gb drive to someone that didnt even have any sp packs installed and they could only see about 130 gb like you said

solution: either install servicepack 2 from M$ or partition the drive into two drives

HTH

Andy