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    F8VA harddrive problem

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by XtasyX, Jul 26, 2008.

  1. XtasyX

    XtasyX Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just bought the F8VA, my first Asus, and for some reason it only shows that i have 116GB of HD space when the specs clearly says 250GB (I know i won't have the full 250GB, but atleast 200GB??). So what is wrong here?

    Thanks
     
    XtasyX, Jul 26, 2008
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    Do you have another partition? Look in Explorer. If you can't see it there then go to Disk Management. Perhaps the second partition wasn't formatted and given a drive letter.

    Your 116MB is approximately half of the true capacity of a 250MB HDD.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Jul 26, 2008
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  3. ClearSkies

    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    You do have the full hard drive, but Asus routinely makes 3 partitions on their HDD's:
    1. Recovery partition
    2. C: OS
    3. D: Data

    If you want to combine the two larger partitions into one (as opposed to just using them as is, with the benefits of not having to lose your data should an OS reinstall be necessary down the line) you can use Partition Magic or something like that.

    Personally, I'd suggest leaving as is and using the data partition for that.
     
    ClearSkies, Jul 26, 2008
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  4. XtasyX

    XtasyX Notebook Enthusiast

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    haha your right! there's a D: drive that i missed with 106GB. almost had to send this laptop back for no reason! haha. thanks!!
     
    XtasyX, Jul 26, 2008
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