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Join Date: Jan 2008
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OS: Vista 32
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Another "missing' hard drive space problem
I've got a Maxtor 500 GB hard drive partitioned into two parts, one of which is my main "c" drive. I'm missing a 78 GB of space that is not accounted for by reviewing the Properties of each group of folders. I've done a search for large files, including hidden, and nothing unexpected is found. Even with restore points, etc. I don't understand how I could be missing so much unnaccounted for space. Any thoughts? I'm running Vista (32).
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Re: Another "missing' hard drive space problem
you not really missing any space
the drive manufacturers call 1000mb = one gig windows reports one gig as 1024mb I have a 320gig drive which after formatting is less than 320 gigs by 32gig its really just a marketing ploy on the part of drive makers ![]()
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Join Date: Jan 2008
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OS: Vista 32
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Re: Another "missing' hard drive space problem
Even with this marketing discrepency, how do I account for a 15% loss of space? I'd understand a few mb or even a gb or two but I'm missing 70 gb on a 500 gb drive. Is this normal?
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Join Date: Jan 2008
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Re: Another "missing' hard drive space problem
I've done an advanced search to locate hidden files, and don't find any surprises that account for the lost space.
This is a homebuilt system I put together a few months ago: BCS GForce 6100SM-M MB; AMD Athlon 64x2 6000 CPU; 2 GB DDR2 Ram; 500 GB Seagate SATA as primary drive partitioned in 2 halves; Maxtor 500 GB SATA drive being used for backups; an MSI GTX 8600 Video Card. |
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