Another "missing' hard drive space problem

jmmslm · 01-03-2008, 04:53 PM

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).

Tks.

**linderman** · 01-04-2008, 01:00 PM

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

jmmslm · 01-06-2008, 06:28 PM

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?

Thanks.

**Deleted090308** · 01-06-2008, 06:37 PM

Have a look in Disk management. What does it say?
Is this an HP, Dell etc? Then you may have a hidden recovery partition.

jmmslm · 01-06-2008, 07:43 PM

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.

01-03-2008, 04:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
jmmslm Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Vista 32	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). Tks.

01-04-2008, 01:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 19,383 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	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 __________________ Even a Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day ! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial

01-06-2008, 06:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
jmmslm Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Vista 32	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? Thanks.

01-06-2008, 06:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: Another "missing' hard drive space problem Have a look in Disk management. What does it say? Is this an HP, Dell etc? Then you may have a hidden recovery partition.

01-06-2008, 07:43 PM	#5 (permalink)
jmmslm Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Vista 32	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.