Hard Drive not at full capacity

Promagstyle · 04-30-2008, 05:22 PM

I have a Fujitsu MHW2120BH which comes with a 120gig hardrive. I have lost some of this space and it only now will hold up to 103gigs. How do I get back the 17gigs that is missing. Only 87gigs of the Hardrive was used to install Windows Vista and I'm sure there is a hidden partition for the Recovery Back Drive of my Toshiba A200-AH5 laptop. Need help to recover the missing 17gigs. Thanks.

**TriggerFinger** · 04-30-2008, 05:42 PM

Hi Promagstyle,

is this a new drive without anything in it?

Promagstyle · 04-30-2008, 05:45 PM

No TriggerFinger, it is not a new hard drive with nothing on it. I have re-formated my hard drive and its missing the 17gigs of the 120gigs when my laptop was brand new.

**TriggerFinger** · 04-30-2008, 05:52 PM

AFAIK you get 120GB only if it is RAW and not formatted to any file system like NTFS. But once you formatted it to NTFS you only get like 111GB of your 120GB.

You mentioned that you reformatted it, did you notice how many partitions you had during that time? I ask because you have a point, the missing space that you are looking for could be the other partition or the recovery partition.

EDIT:
May be this document can help you:
http://www.windowsreference.com/wind...ment-in-vista/

Promagstyle · 04-30-2008, 05:57 PM

TriggerFinger, my hard drive says its formated to NTFS. I am only thinking about two partitions that I have One for my main drive and the other which is the hidden recovery drive.

**TriggerFinger** · 04-30-2008, 06:04 PM

ok check the link on my previous post and see if can help you find the other partition.

Promagstyle · 04-30-2008, 06:11 PM

okay on my DISK 0: it shows that I have 1.46GB Healthy (ESIA Configuration), my 103.68GB NFTS (boot,dump,crash, and etc), and then theres this 6.64GB Healthy (Primary Partition)

Which partition should I delete, TriggerFingerÉ

**TriggerFinger** · 04-30-2008, 06:16 PM

can you upload a screen shot?

Promagstyle · 04-30-2008, 06:26 PM

Heres a screenie

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/3105/50533485mc9.jpg

**TriggerFinger** · 04-30-2008, 06:32 PM

i can't seem to get a good connection with imageshack...

Promagstyle · 04-30-2008, 06:43 PM

Here's another one

http://img33.picoodle.com/img/img33/...dm_ffa00c3.jpg

**TriggerFinger** · 04-30-2008, 06:53 PM

i think the EISA space is for the manufacturer supplied tools for your laptop. i suggest NOT to delete it at the moment as you might need it in the near future. also leave the C: partition untouched.

i believe you can take the 6.64GB in Drive 0 (NTFS). and the whole of Drive 1 (FAT) if they do not contain any data. be sure to have backed up your data. be reminded that these are hard drives and hard drives can go any time, with or without warning.

Promagstyle · 04-30-2008, 06:57 PM

I successfully combined the 6.64GB with the 103GB partition and now here goes a reboot. Thanks for the help.

*REBOOT*

Promagstyle · 04-30-2008, 07:34 PM

Solved, everything is working now, but still would like to have that 10gigs of space back.

**TriggerFinger** · 04-30-2008, 07:54 PM

i do not think that is possible

even if you eat up the space for EISA, you would not be able to get all of that space back... even if you format it again.

**Lead3** · 04-30-2008, 08:20 PM

A 120GB drive is really only 112GB because the manufactures advertise the size in decimal and the system uses it in binary. See the site below.

http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc....i=&p_topview=1

sal333 · 11-21-2008, 03:40 PM

there is a hidden partition called esia thats taking you space

sal333 · 11-21-2008, 03:43 PM

you can never get the amount that states on your hardrive
even if its a 2gig or 100tb

04-30-2008, 05:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
Promagstyle Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 19 OS: Vista Home Premium	Hard Drive not at full capacity I have a Fujitsu MHW2120BH which comes with a 120gig hardrive. I have lost some of this space and it only now will hold up to 103gigs. How do I get back the 17gigs that is missing. Only 87gigs of the Hardrive was used to install Windows Vista and I'm sure there is a hidden partition for the Recovery Back Drive of my Toshiba A200-AH5 laptop. Need help to recover the missing 17gigs. Thanks. Last edited by Promagstyle; 04-30-2008 at 05:39 PM.

04-30-2008, 05:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,784 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Hard Drive not at full capacity Hi Promagstyle, is this a new drive without anything in it? __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

04-30-2008, 05:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
Promagstyle Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 19 OS: Vista Home Premium	Re: Hard Drive not at full capacity No TriggerFinger, it is not a new hard drive with nothing on it. I have re-formated my hard drive and its missing the 17gigs of the 120gigs when my laptop was brand new.

04-30-2008, 05:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,784 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Hard Drive not at full capacity AFAIK you get 120GB only if it is RAW and not formatted to any file system like NTFS. But once you formatted it to NTFS you only get like 111GB of your 120GB. You mentioned that you reformatted it, did you notice how many partitions you had during that time? I ask because you have a point, the missing space that you are looking for could be the other partition or the recovery partition. EDIT: May be this document can help you: http://www.windowsreference.com/wind...ment-in-vista/ __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE Last edited by TriggerFinger; 04-30-2008 at 05:56 PM.

04-30-2008, 05:57 PM	#5 (permalink)
Promagstyle Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 19 OS: Vista Home Premium	Re: Hard Drive not at full capacity TriggerFinger, my hard drive says its formated to NTFS. I am only thinking about two partitions that I have One for my main drive and the other which is the hidden recovery drive.

04-30-2008, 06:04 PM	#6 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,784 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Hard Drive not at full capacity ok check the link on my previous post and see if can help you find the other partition. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

04-30-2008, 06:11 PM	#7 (permalink)
Promagstyle Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 19 OS: Vista Home Premium	Re: Hard Drive not at full capacity okay on my DISK 0: it shows that I have 1.46GB Healthy (ESIA Configuration), my 103.68GB NFTS (boot,dump,crash, and etc), and then theres this 6.64GB Healthy (Primary Partition) Which partition should I delete, TriggerFingerÉ

04-30-2008, 06:16 PM	#8 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,784 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Hard Drive not at full capacity can you upload a screen shot? __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

04-30-2008, 06:26 PM	#9 (permalink)
Promagstyle Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 19 OS: Vista Home Premium	Re: Hard Drive not at full capacity Heres a screenie http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/3105/50533485mc9.jpg

04-30-2008, 06:32 PM	#10 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,784 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Hard Drive not at full capacity i can't seem to get a good connection with imageshack... __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

04-30-2008, 06:43 PM	#11 (permalink)
Promagstyle Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 19 OS: Vista Home Premium	Re: Hard Drive not at full capacity Here's another one http://img33.picoodle.com/img/img33/...dm_ffa00c3.jpg

04-30-2008, 06:53 PM	#12 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,784 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Hard Drive not at full capacity i think the EISA space is for the manufacturer supplied tools for your laptop. i suggest NOT to delete it at the moment as you might need it in the near future. also leave the C: partition untouched. i believe you can take the 6.64GB in Drive 0 (NTFS). and the whole of Drive 1 (FAT) if they do not contain any data. be sure to have backed up your data. be reminded that these are hard drives and hard drives can go any time, with or without warning. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

04-30-2008, 06:57 PM	#13 (permalink)
Promagstyle Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 19 OS: Vista Home Premium	Re: Hard Drive not at full capacity I successfully combined the 6.64GB with the 103GB partition and now here goes a reboot. Thanks for the help. REBOOT

04-30-2008, 07:34 PM	#14 (permalink)
Promagstyle Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 19 OS: Vista Home Premium	Re: Hard Drive not at full capacity Solved, everything is working now, but still would like to have that 10gigs of space back.

04-30-2008, 07:54 PM	#15 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,784 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Hard Drive not at full capacity i do not think that is possible even if you eat up the space for EISA, you would not be able to get all of that space back... even if you format it again. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

04-30-2008, 08:20 PM	#16 (permalink)
Lead3 Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 1,374 OS: 98SE,2000,XP SP3,VISTA SP2 x64 & x86, Windows 7 x64 & x86 My System	Re: Hard Drive not at full capacity A 120GB drive is really only 112GB because the manufactures advertise the size in decimal and the system uses it in binary. See the site below. http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc....i=&p_topview=1 __________________

11-21-2008, 03:40 PM	#17 (permalink)
sal333 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 3 OS: 95/98se/2000/xp3/vista++	Re: Hard Drive not at full capacity there is a hidden partition called esia thats taking you space

11-21-2008, 03:43 PM	#18 (permalink)
sal333 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 3 OS: 95/98se/2000/xp3/vista++	Re: Hard Drive not at full capacity you can never get the amount that states on your hardrive even if its a 2gig or 100tb