Where has my 60GB gone?

[quintellect]

so i got an acer lappy with linux(no idea which version) preinstalled. 120 giggs, divided into two partitions.
i proceeded to install xp. now the problem is, xp recognizes only one of the drives, which means, my other 60giggs has disappeared somewhere..
i cant load linux (which i think is on the other partition) thru bios or F11 or any boot screen.
wad do i do?

[dr_te_z]

wad do i do?

What did you expect?
A dual boot machine with both XP & linux installed? -- too bad, you've killed you linux. You'll have to re-install linux on the "missing" 60Gb.

A XP machine with 120Gb? -- can still be done. The "missing" 60Gb uses a file-system which XP does not understand. Go and look for the "FDISK" on XP, find and delete the 2nd partition and create a windows partition and format with ntfs or fat32. XP will find the 60Gb back.

No, I do not know where to find FDISK on windows: wrong forum

[RobinVossen]

Ah well, he can also just get a Linux Live CD
And then remove the NTFS Partiton. I know for sure Windows finds 60 Gigabytes when it starts..

[devils casper]

so i got an acer lappy with linux(no idea which version) preinstalled. 120 giggs, divided into two partitions.
i proceeded to install xp. now the problem is, xp recognizes only one of the drives, which means, my other 60giggs has disappeared somewhere..
i cant load linux (which i think is on the other partition) thru bios or F11 or any boot screen.
wad do i do?

If you want to re-install Linux, just start installation and select second partition in Partition Section.
In case you dont want install Linux and use lost 60GB space for Windows only, Type diskmgmt.msc in RUN dialog box or at Dos Prompt. Disk Management Tool window will pop up. Format second 60GB Partition ( marked as Healthy, Unknown ) in NTFS or FAT32.