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    Hard disk size on dell E1505

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Ravikumar, Jun 28, 2006.

  1. Ravikumar

    Ravikumar Newbie

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    I recently bought E1505 and ordered for 80GB HD - I see in BIOS that the total size of HD is only 72GB!

    Any clue where am I missing?
     
    Ravikumar, Jun 28, 2006
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  2. sheff159

    sheff159 Notebook Deity

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    Dell partitions part of their hard drives for backups and system restoration. Also a small chunk is partitioned off for media direct I believe.
     
    sheff159, Jun 28, 2006
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  3. Amber

    Amber Notebook Prophet NBR Reviewer

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    yes, dell has partitions located on your HDD. Also the difference could be because of the calculation of mb into gb. 1024mb = 1gb, so you don't get exactly 80gb.

    For more information on the partitions, please sticky the reformat sticky (link in sig).
     
    Amber, Jun 28, 2006
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