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    VGN-FW465JB Hard drive question

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Inukami, Jul 5, 2009.

  1. Inukami

    Inukami Notebook Consultant

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    Hi i noticed my computer only has a maximum of 287 GB while it is advertised as 320 GB. Is this because something is taking up the rest of the space(ie: OS)? But even so would it really take that much space and shouldn't the hard drive in Local disk (C :) properties still say it's out of 320 GB?
     
    Inukami, Jul 5, 2009
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  2. Petrovic

    Petrovic Notebook Consultant

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    ya, the operating system takes up space on the HDD to function and such.

    it annoys me too, hdd manufacturers should compensate that space lost
     
    Petrovic, Jul 5, 2009
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  3. J&SinKTO

    J&SinKTO Notebook Deity

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    Also 10 GB is the hidden recovery partition.
     
    J&SinKTO, Jul 5, 2009
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  4. hendra

    hendra Notebook Virtuoso

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    Part of the HD is used for hidden recovery partition.

    Also, Windows and your hard drive manufacturer define 1 GB differently. With Windows, 1GB=2^30 while with your HD manufacturer, 1GB=10^9. Here's an example of how a 500GB HD capacity is counted as 465 GB by Windows or 465*2^30 equals approx 500,000,000,000
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    hendra, Jul 5, 2009
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  5. Dingle

    Dingle Notebook Enthusiast

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    All HDDs appear in Windows lower in size (despite there being a hidden recovery partition or not) compared to their manufacturer reported size - see hendra's response :)
     
    Dingle, Jul 5, 2009
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