size problem

[deankenny]

just bought myself a seagate ST3250310AS 250gb hard drive, now i have installed it with windows vista on it, took off the jumper which restricts its speed, but its only showing as 127gb and i cant find an answer can someone please help

 

[Droogie]

It's not partitioned is it? Right click computer, click manage, than go to disk management.

 

[deankenny]

i have this, how do i sort it??

 

[TFT]

I have'nt got Vista but if you right click on the allocated part. Is there an option to "Extend" ?

If so it should get you back your space.

 

[GSAV55]

What jumper restricts the speed? Do they all have that?

 

[deankenny]

I have'nt got Vista but if you right click on the allocated part. Is there an option to "Extend" ?

If so it should get you back your space.

wow thanks it did it i now have 232gb is that normal for a 250gb hard drive?

 

[TFT]

I believe Vista takes up about 15G so it looks right to me

 

[deankenny]

I believe Vista takes up about 15G so it looks right to me

lol i know that i mean 232gb total capacity

 

[TFT]

Got you, no it does'nt seem right. What does it report in your BIOS screen?

 

[deankenny]

right click c drive then properties reports the following

Capacity 250,056,540,160 bytes 232 GB

 

[TFT]

I suppose if 1024 bytes=1KB then

250,000,000,000 bytes / 1024 = 244,140,625 KB
244,140,625 KB / 1024 = 238,418 MB
238,418 MB / 1024 = 232 GB

Perhaps someone will agree or disagree with my calculation.
Most if not all HD manufacturers use 1000bytes=1KB, probably as a selling point.

 

[GSAV55]

Yeah, its the same thing with my card, its 250GB but its really 232

 

[mep916]

Most if not all HD manufacturers use 1000bytes=1KB, probably as a selling point.

Yes, I believe that is correct. I have a 250GB Seagate, and the total amount of storage available is 232.88 GB.

 

[deankenny]

ah that all cool then, thought i had a duff one for a min but now i understand lol, should still be plenty room for basic photoshop and 2-4 games