hard drive prob?

[gameover]

whenever i try installing anything, gets "hard disk is full" error.but i still got more than required disk space
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"Only two things are infinite: the size of the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not too sure about the former." -- Albert Einstein

[lego]

I`d try to FDISK it, delete dos partition, then create a new one.......if this doesn`t work it could be dead. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/eek.gif http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/eek.gif

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It ain`t over till the fat lady sings...!

[gameover]

delete which dos partition: primary, extended, logical or non-dos ?

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"Only two things are infinite: the size of the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not too sure about the former." -- Albert Einstein

[iisbob]

First off, only use these disk utilities if you're sure you've got all your data backed up and are preparing to do a full re-install of your OS and data.

Once you FDISK/Format properly; ther's no going back-all your data is lost. Generally-at least by my rule of thumb-whenever i know i'm going to do a fresh install/re-install of an OS i always delete the primary and all extended/logical drives, then rebuild them and use the disk utitlity manager from that particular drive's company to " zero fill " the drive ( similar to a extensive format ) then use the standard format < your drive letter here >: /s/u command-then proceed with the install from there.

Post back with some more info on your system and the OS you are using, this sounds like a possible disk reporting error-have you used the Disk cleanup option to remove all temp and other unnecessary backup files?

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iisbob
"Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It's not fair that some men should be happier than others."
-- Oscar Wilde

[gameover]

my sys specs
Pentium Celeron 433@486
128mb ram
Abit Be6-2 motherboard
IBM desktop 22gxp harddrive
creative tnt2ultra
soundblaster live
OS-win98

btw, i ran scandisk, defrag, norton antivirus, disk cleanup. i dun wun 2 format cos got a lot of data inside. does all this data get erased if i just uninstall the OS?

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"Only two things are infinite: the size of the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not too sure about the former." -- Albert Einstein

[bassman]

Hi Gameover,
When you ran the Scandisk, did you do a thorough scan? and if so, what did the report at the end say for "Bytes in bad sectors." Should have got this report with either type of run (standard, or thorough) but the thorough will also try to repair any damaged sectors.

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[Roel]

Could be some Bad Sector try to re format or use some third party software to diagnose the Disk

[iisbob]

Once againDO NOT proceed with formating/fdisking until you are sure you have all your data backed up and are prepared to reinstall your operating system and files.

Try the previous suggestion for a thurough surface scan-get your hard drive manufacturers disk utility. If it is dying, you'd actually be better of to purchase a new harddrive-cause with bad sectors, it'll only get worse over time as the drive continues to fail.



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iisbob
"Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It's not fair that some men should be happier than others."
-- Oscar Wilde