Awhile back I did a clean install of XP on my Dell Dimension 4550, changing from 
Home to Professional.  Despite the annoying but inevitable need to hunt down and 
install a few drivers, the change has had the results I wanted – with one exception 
(which I assume, only, is related).  Since the change, I’ve “lost” a great deal of 
space on the main hard-drive. The data: hd partition capacity = 45gb; installed programs 
+ stored data + pagefile  = approx 16gb; “free space” = 7.2gb.  I'd have expected 
that last number to be somewhere int 20-25 mb range at least. So I’m wondering, of 
course, why the other 20gb or so doesn’t show up in any disk-analysis I do on the 
drive (I’ve used several program; all indicate the data I just presented).  I know 
that the computer thinks I only have the 7.2 available because when I tried to download 
a file bigger than that I got a “running out of hard-drive space” msg.  Mystifying. 
 Here’s a bit of info that might help Those Who Understand These Things:  I had two 
partitions with my previous [XP Home] installation, one small and the other large. 
 When I reinstalled XP, I only wrote to the large partition [both were identified 
as available.], putting the OS on it once it was re-formatted.  The material on the 
smaller partition was intact after the re-install. The computer, now with XP Professional, 
runs fine.  But that 20mb of drive space isn’t being recognized.  Any ideas? Any 
solutions?  Thanks.

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