New Hard Disk 120gb

[pclearner]

Hi i am not so good with computer stuff thus i have some enquiries regarding my hard disk. I juz bought 120 gb external usb hard disk, but the storage show only 111 gb. which missing 9 gb. is it normal? Please advise.. Your comments is highly appreciated. Thanks

[EzyStvy]

Hard drive showing wrong capacity? Here's why.
http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=118330

[pclearner]

I tried to stop the hard drive and plug it out but it stated problem of ejecting usb device. Please try it later. So how do i solve this problem? I already closed all the application from the hard disk it self, by right it should able to eject but turn out to be error. Please advise.

[EzyStvy]

Either try again later or rebooting or shut do can help..

[glc]

Make sure all instances of My Computer and Windows Explorer are closed, along with any applications that may be using the external drive or files on it.

[pclearner]

Yup. i did. i closed every application every program running behind it. It still show me this error. Emm.. this is weird..

[glc]

Do you have a Norton protected recycle bin? If so, it must be disabled for the external drive.

[pclearner]

hi, thanks for your info. However the recycle bin is not protected by norton. I click on the properties of the recyle bin but did not show the norton enable icon. Does that mean the recycle bin is not protected by norton?

[glc]

Yes.