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    ok guys a slight problem with raid 0

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Warcraft, Aug 18, 2009.

  1. Warcraft

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    i had 2x 160 gb har ddrive setup for raid 0 from the configuration but the main drive shows only 134 gb total? any suggestions?
     
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    lol ok well alienware screwed me over they did not have a 2nd hard drive installed and ready with the raid 0.
    i just found out they did not have a 2nd hard drive in.
    also let me ask you guys something, if i have a 160 gb hard drive, shouldn't the system main drive read 160gb space total? my main drive reads total 143 gb its the total amount of the hard drive.
     
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    well...does alienware have a hidden partiton for system restore...that might what is eating up your hard drive space....
     
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    You dont have RAID0, so thats a moot point; and no, you will not get 160GB with a 160GB HDD, HDD manufacturers have been pulling this for decades; which is why recently one of the standards boards TRIED changing GB to 1000 and GiB to 1024 (which I can't see working as the old terminology is too ingrained).

    Your 160GB is in fact 155GB (GiB), throw on the OS/programme restore partition at about 10GB and you're about there. This only gets worse as your HDDs get larger, I only get about 598 out of my 640GB setup even without restore partitions.
     
    Alexrose1uk, Aug 18, 2009
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