my computer had 15gb but afte trying to install winxp(didnt work) i renstalled wn98/se but now all i have is 1.99gb i am probably going to get laughed at for haveing so little HD space in the beggining

Please help me this is th wost thing to happen to my pc .

Hello, and Welcome to DAL.

Do you have only one hard disk in the machine?

Is Win98SE running, or are you stuck working in DOS only?

Yes win98se is running fine and i only have 1 hard drive this is a huge poblem for me i was thinking of buying an external harddrive to solve the sapce issue but it cost $120 us dollars of 160gb and i dont have that much money i am still looking for a job

"my computer had 15gb"

I take it that your one hard disk is 15GB, and the system bios was/is capable of "seeing/recognizing" the entire 15GB.

Open a DOS window (MSDOS Prompt) and type in;

fdisk/status>c:\diskinfo.txt

and hit Enter. This will run the fdisk command giving the status of your hard disk (it won't change or affect anything), and send the output/results directly to a text file on C:\ named diskinfo.txt. On your next post, choose "Go Advanced" and attach the text file to your next post. (Just look below the posting box for "Manage Attachments", and follow the prompts to attach the file.)

I'll mention now that you will probably have to start fresh by restructuring your hard disk. If you have a "third party" disk management program (that works either in DOS or with 98) you can probably achieve the end result without starting over. If you don't have such a program, you're looking at restructuring the hard disk with the available MS tools found on floppy bootdisks or the 98 CD (loosing all data on the hard disk) and reinstalling Windows once the hard disk is set up correctly.