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    New I9300 60Gig 7200 hdd reading 51.1gigs

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by punkstar, Jan 3, 2006.

  1. punkstar

    punkstar Newbie

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    Let me start by saying this laptop has greatly exceeded my expectations... ive been beating on this thing daily since ive gotten it and it's taken my abuse with ease....

    the issue im curious about is that ive ordered the upgraded 60gig 7200 rpm hdd but its only reading 51.1GIGs (>>>????<<<) is there some reason im not showing 9 gigs?


    specs: I9300 2.0ghz
    ram: 512megs
    vid: Geforce 6800GO
    hdd: 60gig 7200rpm
    Monitor: TrueLife widescreen.
     
    punkstar, Jan 3, 2006
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  2. BigFoot48

    BigFoot48 Notebook Guru

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    Could it be the same reason my new 100gig is reading 88? Could it be Dell hide something in there? Will a reformat fix it?

    Yes, yes and yes.

    I'm reformatting tomorrow.
     
    BigFoot48, Jan 3, 2006
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  3. ccbr01

    ccbr01 Matlab powerhouse! NBR Reviewer

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    Dell recovery partition is on the drive. A reformat should get rid of it
     
    ccbr01, Jan 3, 2006
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  4. Amber

    Amber Notebook Prophet NBR Reviewer

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    If you do reformat, make sure to delete the extra partition. Reasoning is because if you reconfigure or edit the partitions in any way, including reformat, the spare partition will no longer work.
     
    Amber, Jan 4, 2006
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  5. drumfu

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    you lose about 4 gbs for the recovery partition. as well, you don't really get 60 gbs because a gb is 1024 mbs, not 1000. the rest of the "missing" gbs are due to the OS and installed apps. a fresh install of XP is about 1.5 gbs.

    a reformat will fix it as long as you make sure to delete all the partitions and create one large partition.
     
    drumfu, Jan 4, 2006
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  6. zicky

    zicky Notebook Evangelist

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    It's an old marketing trick.....they're using real world nomenclature
    1 GB = 10^9 bytes in real world
    1 GB = 1024*1024*1024 bytes in computer world

    So you're getting a 60 GB HDD, right? It will have 60 000 000 000 bytes (real world) and if you do this simple math: 60 000 000 000 / (1024*1024*1024) = 55.8 GB roughly, which is what you really get, hence the "missing" bytes.
     
    zicky, Jan 4, 2006
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