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i have a hp pavilion pc with windows Xp home edition..with 512 ram and 120 GB
hard drive......one month ago i was away n my window got crashed ....in my
absence my younger pro installed a new windows xp ....but he installed it on
drive H which is jusy 5 GB and my C drive is empty which is 115 gb ......now
im getting problem due to low memory.....i have no knowledge what to do
now.......plz help me...

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Try installing xp cd,restart computer,boot to xp cd,recovery,press enter for
password,then type:DiskPart In DiskPart delete the H: partition,then delete
C: leaving the hd raw,now create a partition,then press Esc key,now type:
EXIT Reboot to xp cd,this time select,install xp.


"sidhu_pride" wrote:

> i have a hp pavilion pc with windows Xp home edition..with 512 ram and 120 GB
> hard drive......one month ago i was away n my window got crashed ....in my
> absence my younger pro installed a new windows xp ....but he installed it on
> drive H which is jusy 5 GB and my C drive is empty which is 115 gb ......now
> im getting problem due to low memory.....i have no knowledge what to do
> now.......plz help me...

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here's a thought
reinstall XP onto that large HD
since you say its empty you'll have lots of room.After its installed and
running format that H drive and use it for backup/files/etc.
http://www.winsupersite.com/showca [...] _clean.asp
peterk


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"sidhu_pride" <sidhu_pride@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5A40A3F3-0C3D-46CA-8895-0A70867714F3@microsoft.com...
>i have a hp pavilion pc with windows Xp home edition..with 512 ram and 120
>GB
> hard drive......one month ago i was away n my window got crashed ....in my
> absence my younger pro installed a new windows xp ....but he installed it
> on
> drive H which is jusy 5 GB and my C drive is empty which is 115 gb
> ......now
> im getting problem due to low memory.....i have no knowledge what to do
> now.......plz help me...

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A 115 gb partition is a bit large for installing xp if you are going to
partition the hard drive. 15gb is a gods plenty and then partition the rest
of the HD as you want. If it were me, I would make C drive 15gb, D drive
10gb and use the E drive for the remainder of the HD. I would use D drive
for installing programs and E for data. Just a suggestion!!
"peterk" <peterk@nomalarky.net> wrote in message
news:%23tz6xBeqFHA.4072@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> here's a thought
> reinstall XP onto that large HD
> since you say its empty you'll have lots of room.After its installed and
> running format that H drive and use it for backup/files/etc.
> http://www.winsupersite.com/showca [...] _clean.asp
> peterk
>
>
> --
> Never trust a computer you can't throw out the window. - Steve Wozniak
> "sidhu_pride" <sidhu_pride@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5A40A3F3-0C3D-46CA-8895-0A70867714F3@microsoft.com...
>>i have a hp pavilion pc with windows Xp home edition..with 512 ram and 120
>>GB
>> hard drive......one month ago i was away n my window got crashed ....in
>> my
>> absence my younger pro installed a new windows xp ....but he installed it
>> on
>> drive H which is jusy 5 GB and my C drive is empty which is 115 gb
>> ......now
>> im getting problem due to low memory.....i have no knowledge what to do
>> now.......plz help me...
>
>

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