Using GParted. Full harddrive capacity not available.

I have a E6400 with a 160gb harddrive. How come when I use Gparted, I have my NTFS partition with windows that has a max capacity of 125gb, and the extended or "unallocated" partitions which have only 25gb. Where is the last 10gb?

Also, I am planning on installing either Ubuntu or Mandriva on the remaining 25gb, so should I use gparted to make a ext2,3 or what? partition?

Thanks.

 

regarding the lost space...it's the difference of 1000 vs 1024 multiplied which makes you "lose" some GB in the translation. Really it's the same just another way of saying it.

if I check out mine I get

Code:

`--> df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sdd1              28G   12G   17G  42% /
/dev/sdd5              94G   42G   53G  45% /
/dev/sdb1             466G  449G   18G  97% /
/dev/sde1             233G  186G   47G  80% /

but I also get this

Code:

`--> df -hH
Filesystem             Size   Used  Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sdd1               30G    13G    18G  42% /
/dev/sdd5              100G    45G    56G  45% /
/dev/sdb1              501G   482G    19G  97% /
/dev/sde1              250G   200G    51G  80% /

 

25 gb, ext 3

go with ubuntu