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    DV2000T: Hard Drive Question !!!

    Discussion in 'HP' started by DV2000T, Jul 9, 2006.

  1. DV2000T

    DV2000T Notebook Consultant

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    I got my laptop a couple of days ago and while playing with it I saw that there are two partitions under "my computer". One is for 82.6 GB and the other one is for 9.44 GB. If I'm not mistaken that comes up to 92.04 GB but I ordered a 100 GB hard drive. Is that right? I know you usually loose a few GBs but 8 GB?
    Thanks for any advice.
     
    DV2000T, Jul 9, 2006
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  2. quiks48

    quiks48 Notebook Guru

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    Sounds like 8gb would be about right, plus I think quickplay has an invisible partition but it's really small.
     
    quiks48, Jul 9, 2006
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  3. Ross_00

    Ross_00 Notebook Guru

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    This should clear it up for you. "Missing" hard drive space is a common concern...
     
    Ross_00, Jul 9, 2006
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  4. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    The 9.4GB is the recovery partition. A 100GB drive is not 100GB. Its a marketing tool from back in the day. 1024 bytes = 1 kilobyte. I think you can do the math.
     
    ZaZ, Jul 9, 2006
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  5. miner

    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Yup, every hard drive maker does this. Recently Western Digital was sued and they settled out of court over the dispute...Basically Windows uses the binary system to calculate the disk space whereas the manufacturers list it based on the decimal system. So there is a difference in what is the manufacturers advertise and what Windows can use/see.
     
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    I had the same concern with the "30" gig hard drive in my Thinkpad. That clears up the questions I had about that.
     
    fenix, Jul 9, 2006
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