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01-04-2007, 10:18 PM
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missing some disc space
wondering...i have a 80 gig hdd that registers about 75 gigs in windows which is normal i think?...my problem is when i go into properties for that drives space it says that i have used 12 gigs...when i open the drive and select all the contents hidden files and all it only registers that the size of all the data on that drive is 7 gigs...any ideas as of why its doing this...my other 2 drives are registering about 5-9 gigs lower than what they actualy are which is fine cause when i check the amount of data on it and compare that to the properties on the drive its right on...only my c drive is doing this...it is about 2 months old bought it brand new from newegg and its a seagate...thanks for your help
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01-04-2007, 10:29 PM
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it may be an invisible paging/firmware partition
i think most ata drives have this....... also, the discrepancy between actual and shown disk space is due to microsoft's improper interchangeability between gigabytes and gibabytes. 1000mB vs. 1024mB |
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01-04-2007, 10:36 PM
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Without getting into the whole calculation deal, hard drive manufacturers only use 1000MB for a gigabyte(1024MB) An 80GB drive being only 74-75GB is(unfortunetly) perfectly normal.
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01-04-2007, 10:48 PM
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right well i have been reading and that is pretty much what i have figured thank you again and if you have a chance please take a look at my other thread in the desktop area...i need to know how much i could sell my computer for thanks again...this issue is resolved
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