analogdino
New Member
Hi All,
I'm new here... always wanted a source of current PC expertise so I can stop bothering my IT friends! BTW, my first PC ran DOS 1.0 and I used to know those systems!
I have just scrapped a not-so-old, slow laptop. Rather than physically destroy the HD for personal data security, I have chosen to repurpose it on an office PC as an extra HD space.
Here's what I've done to date:
However, the HD is marked "320 GB". The formatted "usable size" that I see is only 144 GB... still useful, of course.
I expected some reduction due to internal disk organization. but not this much.
The so-called "allocation size" (name?), presented at formatting, was 4096 bytes, in an optional range from 512 byte to a lot more KB (but I forget the range.)
Does this affect formatted size?
If so, should I re-format and select a different number?
Many thanks for all replies.
Cheers,
Roger
I'm new here... always wanted a source of current PC expertise so I can stop bothering my IT friends! BTW, my first PC ran DOS 1.0 and I used to know those systems!
I have just scrapped a not-so-old, slow laptop. Rather than physically destroy the HD for personal data security, I have chosen to repurpose it on an office PC as an extra HD space.
Here's what I've done to date:
- Purchased a SATA to USB docking station (ORICO brand, uses a 12V, 2A wall wart)
- Connected to Win10 tower PC USB port.
- Plugged in the old HD and formatted it to effectively delete all data and old OPSYS.
However, the HD is marked "320 GB". The formatted "usable size" that I see is only 144 GB... still useful, of course.
I expected some reduction due to internal disk organization. but not this much.
The so-called "allocation size" (name?), presented at formatting, was 4096 bytes, in an optional range from 512 byte to a lot more KB (but I forget the range.)
Does this affect formatted size?
If so, should I re-format and select a different number?
Many thanks for all replies.
Cheers,
Roger