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05-03-2007, 12:05 AM
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Why HD loses space when partitioning??
I searched the site for answers but I couldn't find anything; when partitioning my new 320Gb HD in 2, the final result was that I lost around 20Gb in space (149 & 148mo each).
Is it normal?? On my old 10.2Gb HD that was partitioned in 3 many years ago, I lost 1gb in the whole thing... Merci for your time...again!! "OO" |
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05-03-2007, 12:08 AM
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9mm wins.
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It is normal.
Read this... it will explain everything: Hard drive showing wrong capacity? Here's why. |
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05-03-2007, 12:18 AM
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Ok ok, it is only an "advertising fraud" then??? C'est la vie..... Merci for your fast answer... "OO" ____ Last edited by "OO"; 05-03-2007 at 12:22 AM. |
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05-03-2007, 09:32 AM
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Shiro Usagi
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I bought several 320GB Seagates a few months ago and after partitioning and formatting I saw they were really only 298GB HDDs. I didn't mind because I know why this is but I had to explain to several other people they were getting on 298GB HDDs instead of 320GB HDDs. Luckily most didn't mind much, but they did feel a little cheated.  Cricket
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05-03-2007, 10:38 AM
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A simple explanation for this is that HDD Manufacturers based the size on decimal numbers while Windos uses Binary numbers. 320 GB advertised by Seagate or other Drive manufacturers is in Decimal while Windows detects it as 298GB since it uses Binary.
Another example for a 20 GB HDD the size in Windows is about 18.6; 40 GB = 37.2. Do the math and you wil see the difference. Per 20 GB the difference is about 1.4 GB. |
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