Partitions Inverted EMACHINES W3115

puertoricofishin · Mar 5, 2008, 05:10 PM

EMachines W3115 - Sempron 3100+ 1.8 GHz - 17" CRT
Manufacturer: eMachines
Part number: W3115

Specs: Processor: AMD Sempron 3100+ (1.8 GHz); RAM installed: 512 MB DDR SDRAM; Hard drive: 120 GB Standard; Display (projector) diagonal size: 17 in; OS provided: Microsoft Windows XP

This is my brothers PC and he somehow seemed to manage to screw up the OS.
He gave me the OS Disc to restore it to factory settings.
I did a full restore (Destructive), and after all was done. I noticed that C/ has free 1.39GB Total 4.06GB and D/ has Free 107 Total 107GB.

So, pretty much what happened is that C and D were inverted some how.
I'm not no Computer Geek and don't have an IQ of a Genius, so I'm pretty confused about now.

I've been able to do a full restore on a EMACHINES T5046 and I never had this problem.

I was thinking that maybe some one on here would be able to help me out with this one.

Thanks,

OldBuzzard · Mar 6, 2008, 12:22 AM

Interesting...

When you started the restore, did it give you the any options? Maybe one that would have allowed you to specify the partition sizes? If so that may have been the problem.

I'm assuming that it DID install the OS on C:, and that D: is empty?

If so, you could just use something like Partition Magic to reduce the size of D:, and then expand C: into that space.

I could use a wee bit more info on what is on the system now.

Mar 5, 2008, 05:10 PM	#1
puertoricofishin DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Partitions Inverted EMACHINES W3115 EMachines W3115 - Sempron 3100+ 1.8 GHz - 17" CRT Manufacturer: eMachines Part number: W3115 Specs: Processor: AMD Sempron 3100+ (1.8 GHz); RAM installed: 512 MB DDR SDRAM; Hard drive: 120 GB Standard; Display (projector) diagonal size: 17 in; OS provided: Microsoft Windows XP This is my brothers PC and he somehow seemed to manage to screw up the OS. He gave me the OS Disc to restore it to factory settings. I did a full restore (Destructive), and after all was done. I noticed that C/ has free 1.39GB Total 4.06GB and D/ has Free 107 Total 107GB. So, pretty much what happened is that C and D were inverted some how. I'm not no Computer Geek and don't have an IQ of a Genius, so I'm pretty confused about now. I've been able to do a full restore on a EMACHINES T5046 and I never had this problem. I was thinking that maybe some one on here would be able to help me out with this one. Thanks,

Mar 6, 2008, 12:22 AM	#2
OldBuzzard DH's oldest Geek Join Date: May 2003 Location: Oberlin, OH Posts: 2,783 Rep Power: 145 System Specs	Interesting... When you started the restore, did it give you the any options? Maybe one that would have allowed you to specify the partition sizes? If so that may have been the problem. I'm assuming that it DID install the OS on C:, and that D: is empty? If so, you could just use something like Partition Magic to reduce the size of D:, and then expand C: into that space. I could use a wee bit more info on what is on the system now. __________________ When looking for a reason as to why things go wrong, never rule out sheer STUPIDITY