after installation of winows 8 my hard disk is reduced to half

piyushp761

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i installed windows 8 on my 500 gb sata and now i cannot access xp and my hard disk size has now lessened and i cannot find my data anywhere!
:cry:
plzz help me!!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8 pro
    CPU
    Pentium Dual Core E5500 2.8 GHz
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte G41M Combo
    Memory
    2.00 Gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 210
    Sound Card
    Sound Blaster Audigy
    Screen Resolution
    1600x900
    Hard Drives
    Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 ATA
Hi piyushp761, welcome to the forums, you should have backed up your important files before the installation, can you open Windows.old folder and see whether your data saved in there. Windows.old will be in your C:/ drive.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire E1-571
    CPU
    i5-3230m
    Motherboard
    Acer Type-2
    Memory
    8GB DDR3 1333MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD 4000
    Sound Card
    High Definiton Audio Device
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 Pro 256GB
    PSU
    Generic
    Keyboard
    QWERTY
    Mouse
    ELANTECH Touchpad
    Internet Speed
    12.68Mbps
    Browser
    IE11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
i did this once before on my c drive and no data was lostbut now i did the same process but i lost my data
also now my diskhas been acting weird
 
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8 pro
    CPU
    Pentium Dual Core E5500 2.8 GHz
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte G41M Combo
    Memory
    2.00 Gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 210
    Sound Card
    Sound Blaster Audigy
    Screen Resolution
    1600x900
    Hard Drives
    Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 ATA
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