Getting rid of partition for system restore?

Justin_Garrett · 07-03-2007, 08:58 PM

I think I worded that correctly. Basically, I have an 80GB hd that I use just to store stuff. It says the total size is 74.5GB. How can I get use of the other 5.5GB?

ghost · 07-03-2007, 09:01 PM

74.5GB might just be it though, HDD`s may say there 80GB but there not that exactly.

**Cromewell** · 07-04-2007, 12:59 AM

The drive is 80GB as in 80,000,000,000 bytes, 80GB in windows is actually 85,899,345,920 bytes. It's misleading but all hard drive manufacturers do it. So 74.5GB is actually 80GB according to the company that makes it

**apj101** · 07-04-2007, 01:44 AM

you know there has to be a false advertising claim there. Think of all the missing GBs in the world.
Im sure HDD manufacturers have a constructive obligation to measure in standard windows units

. Another lawsuit for me to start!!!....ill deal with it right after i finishing suing my old university for mismanaging my investment and allowing the uni to drop down the league tables grrr

xxxalpinexxx80 · 07-04-2007, 02:11 AM

lol like my 80 gig on my hp was a 74gb and with the recovery partition basicly 65 gb

**Cromewell** · 07-04-2007, 02:16 AM

WD got sued a while back, I think they settled and everyone got some free $30 WD software or something

K3rupt · 07-05-2007, 11:10 AM

You think thats bad!

I Have a 3 x 320 GB SataII Seagate Hard Drives,

Out of the "320" GB They Claim it has, i lose something like 23.8 GB!

I have 3 x 320GB Hard Drives

I LOSE APPROXIMATELY 71.4GB!!

Thats more of a loss than some peoples Whole Harddrives!

TheMajor · 07-05-2007, 11:32 AM

You don't lose anything. The hard disk manufacturers are correctly stating their sizes in GB (decimal).

Windows (and other software) are counting the disks storage in GiB (binary) while they are using the term GB. That's wrong. That's like saying: "Number of inches: 8 cm."

So if you are gonna sure anybody, sue Microsoft.

K3rupt · 07-05-2007, 01:51 PM

GiB Sounds Fun.

I really don't see why they cant just agree on the same Format...

it's a real pain in the A$$

TheMajor · 07-05-2007, 01:57 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilo-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giga

Kilo means 1000, not 1024.
Giga means billion.
That's why MS is wrong and HDD manufacturers are right.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix

07-03-2007, 08:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
Justin_Garrett Bronze Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 62	Getting rid of partition for system restore? I think I worded that correctly. Basically, I have an 80GB hd that I use just to store stuff. It says the total size is 74.5GB. How can I get use of the other 5.5GB? __________________ Aspire Discovery case Pentium 4 2.93GHz Asus PTGD1-LA 1.75GB 184 pin DDR Ram (256 X 1024 X 512) All different brands 160GB Western Digital HD. 80 GB HD Epower 500W Duel Rail psu 48x/32x/48x CD-RW drive X1800XT 256mb video card Audigy 4 sound card

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07-04-2007, 12:59 AM	#3 (permalink)
Cromewell Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canada Age: 26 Posts: 11,802	The drive is 80GB as in 80,000,000,000 bytes, 80GB in windows is actually 85,899,345,920 bytes. It's misleading but all hard drive manufacturers do it. So 74.5GB is actually 80GB according to the company that makes it __________________ You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with 'til ya understand who's in command here. www.userfriendly.org

07-04-2007, 01:44 AM	#4 (permalink)
apj101 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London Age: 27 Posts: 10,119	you know there has to be a false advertising claim there. Think of all the missing GBs in the world. Im sure HDD manufacturers have a constructive obligation to measure in standard windows units . Another lawsuit for me to start!!!....ill deal with it right after i finishing suing my old university for mismanaging my investment and allowing the uni to drop down the league tables grrr __________________ TechZine What did one snow man say to the other? can you smell carrot? The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights. How you do anything, is how you do everything! Nauru our homeland, the land we dearly love

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xxxalpinexxx80 Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,170	lol like my 80 gig on my hp was a 74gb and with the recovery partition basicly 65 gb __________________ q6600-3.6ghz evga 680i a1 2gig ddr2-800 ocz sli memory pny 8800gts oced swiftech h20-120 water cooling 500gb caviar 7200rpm 3.0gb/s ocz 700watt game stream psu Vista Home Premium 64-bit

07-04-2007, 02:16 AM	#6 (permalink)
Cromewell Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canada Age: 26 Posts: 11,802	WD got sued a while back, I think they settled and everyone got some free $30 WD software or something __________________ You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with 'til ya understand who's in command here. www.userfriendly.org

07-05-2007, 11:10 AM	#7 (permalink)
K3rupt Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Australia Age: 18 Posts: 1,401	You think thats bad! I Have a 3 x 320 GB SataII Seagate Hard Drives, Out of the "320" GB They Claim it has, i lose something like 23.8 GB! I have 3 x 320GB Hard Drives I LOSE APPROXIMATELY 71.4GB!! Thats more of a loss than some peoples Whole Harddrives! __________________ GigaByte K8N Nforce Pro-SLI AMD 3800+ Socket 939 2048MB PC3200 DDR Matched RAM 960GB Hard Drive [3 x 320GB SataII Seagate's] Albatron 8600GT 256MB New. . .Too me 21" ViewSonic LCD Monitor 6.3 Sound System \|Desktop\| \|Setup!\| \|Inside Computer\| \|Server\| Updated Setup! Check out My Banner! When The Rich Wage War Its The Poor Who Die.

07-05-2007, 11:32 AM	#8 (permalink)
TheMajor Silver Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: The Netherlands Age: 23 Posts: 187	You don't lose anything. The hard disk manufacturers are correctly stating their sizes in GB (decimal). Windows (and other software) are counting the disks storage in GiB (binary) while they are using the term GB. That's wrong. That's like saying: "Number of inches: 8 cm." So if you are gonna sure anybody, sue Microsoft. __________________ My profile

07-05-2007, 01:51 PM	#9 (permalink)
K3rupt Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Australia Age: 18 Posts: 1,401	GiB Sounds Fun. I really don't see why they cant just agree on the same Format... it's a real pain in the A$$ __________________ GigaByte K8N Nforce Pro-SLI AMD 3800+ Socket 939 2048MB PC3200 DDR Matched RAM 960GB Hard Drive [3 x 320GB SataII Seagate's] Albatron 8600GT 256MB New. . .Too me 21" ViewSonic LCD Monitor 6.3 Sound System \|Desktop\| \|Setup!\| \|Inside Computer\| \|Server\| Updated Setup! Check out My Banner! When The Rich Wage War Its The Poor Who Die.

07-05-2007, 01:57 PM	#10 (permalink)
TheMajor Silver Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: The Netherlands Age: 23 Posts: 187	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilo- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giga Kilo means 1000, not 1024. Giga means billion. That's why MS is wrong and HDD manufacturers are right. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix __________________ My profile

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