My dell latitdude e4300 had 80 gb but after i had try to partation it and format it give me only 33 gp and i had try a lot to try to return back the rest but i could ,it give me it is block and i use now only 33 gp so please any one knows what i must do to return back the full hard disk 80 gp

SOURCE: no internal hard disk found during booting when i am going to format

It is possible that the HD has failed completely. However, this is a relatively new laptop, so I would suspect that is not the case. Sometimes the HD will lose contact for one reason or another. This can usually be cured by removing the HD and reinstalling it, which will remove any crud from the contacts.

http://www.fixya.com/support/t1639067-reseat_hard_drive

If the machine is still under warranty, call Dell support. They will walk you through diagnostics to determine the actual problem.
If you're not sure of the warranty status, go here:

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/my_systems_info/details?c=us&l=en&s=gen

HTH

Lee Hodgson

• 4810 Answers
• Posted on May 24, 2009

SOURCE: no internal hard disk found

Hi there.
Use the Vista CD to create the new partition, but first you have to delete the old partition first, (the 220GB partition not the 10GB one because that will be the recovery partition).
Get a calculator and work out your new partition, for example 50GB is 50x1024MB so that will be 51200MB.
When you have deleted the 220GB partition select NEW and input your newly worked out partition and carry on from there, to activate the other partition just format it.

Please post back with the results and for anymore help if needed.

Good luck and thanks for using FixYa!!

SOURCE: After formatting the hard disk for dell laptop

try downloading this audio driver from dell HERE
don' t forget to select the correct operating system.

SOURCE: Hi i take dell laptop with 320 gb hard disk &

you cannot split the partition while its in use.
THE FOLLOWING WILL ERASE THE ENTIRE DRIVE.

put the OS dvd into the machine
power on
hit F12 key when the dell logo appears
select the cd/dvd drive.
the machine will now boot from the OS disk
follow the instructions until it asks where to install windows.
At this point you can split the disk into as many partitions as you like providing you choose a partition of at least 30Gb for the OS to be installed on.

Vignesh Ramamoorthy

• 305 Answers
• Posted on Aug 09, 2010

SOURCE: recently i ordered a dell studio 14 laptop. they

Hello Sir,

You can create a Partition in your hard drive without affecting your OS. Just follow the process I've sent.

1.) Go to Start Menu and Type in search area Create and Format Hard Disk Partition.

2.)Open the Create and Format Hard Disk Partition.

3.)Now you can Select the C: and can Partition it with another new drive.



Thank You