HDD size incorrect

[John]

Hi.
My seagate 120GB (primary slave) HDD at first was showing 30GB used but
only 10GB of files where stored on it. I reformated it and now it says
108GB used and 111GB free. Is this a problem with the drive or the OS. I use
XP and 2K which are installed on a partitioned 40GB drive (primary master)
both show the same problem.

Thanks for your help.

 

[The Real Andy]

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 08:09:55 +1000, "John" <trueblueace@hotmail.com>
wrote:

Hi.
My seagate 120GB (primary slave) HDD at first was showing 30GB used but
only 10GB of files where stored on it. I reformated it and now it says
108GB used and 111GB free. Is this a problem with the drive or the OS. I use
XP and 2K which are installed on a partitioned 40GB drive (primary master)
both show the same problem.

Thanks for your help.

Possibly a bios issue?

 

[Gaz Man]

It is normal for a 120GB drive to show a bit less than than 120Gb when
the operating system reports its size.

111Gb is the size you would expect to be reported for a 120Gb Drive.

This is for 2 reasons :

First, a gigabyte is not defined in the same way by all people. Some
define it as 1000 Mb but others define it as 1024Mb.

Note that 1024 is 2 raised to the power 10 and this is a reflection of
the binary and hexdecimal conventions used in computers. The same
applies to 1Kb. It's not actually 1000 bytes - it is 1024 bytes.


Second, a certain amount of hard disk space is used up in formatting
overheads used by the operating system and hardware, so not all the
space on the drive is available to the end user.


Like I said, 111Gb is exactly what you would expect to see for a 120Gb
drive. I have 3 hard disks on my computer :

Disc 1 is 200Gb but reported as 189Gb by Windows XP
Disc 2 is 120Gb but reported as 111Gb
Disc 3 is 120Gb but reported as 111Gb

I have no idea why the drive was first reported as 40Mb. This is an
error of some kind. It could be BIOS or the operating system or the
jumper configuration in the drive.

Hope this helps.

Gaz




On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 08:09:55 +1000, "John" <trueblueace@hotmail.com>
wrote:

Hi.
My seagate 120GB (primary slave) HDD at first was showing 30GB used but
only 10GB of files where stored on it. I reformated it and now it says
108GB used and 111GB free. Is this a problem with the drive or the OS. I use
XP and 2K which are installed on a partitioned 40GB drive (primary master)
both show the same problem.

Thanks for your help.

 

[John]

Both master and slave drives are set to cable select. Could this be the
cause of my problem?


"Gaz Man" <gaz@gaz.com> wrote in message
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It is normal for a 120GB drive to show a bit less than than 120Gb when
the operating system reports its size.

111Gb is the size you would expect to be reported for a 120Gb Drive.

This is for 2 reasons :

First, a gigabyte is not defined in the same way by all people. Some
define it as 1000 Mb but others define it as 1024Mb.

Note that 1024 is 2 raised to the power 10 and this is a reflection of
the binary and hexdecimal conventions used in computers. The same
applies to 1Kb. It's not actually 1000 bytes - it is 1024 bytes.


Second, a certain amount of hard disk space is used up in formatting
overheads used by the operating system and hardware, so not all the
space on the drive is available to the end user.


Like I said, 111Gb is exactly what you would expect to see for a 120Gb
drive. I have 3 hard disks on my computer :

Disc 1 is 200Gb but reported as 189Gb by Windows XP
Disc 2 is 120Gb but reported as 111Gb
Disc 3 is 120Gb but reported as 111Gb

I have no idea why the drive was first reported as 40Mb. This is an
error of some kind. It could be BIOS or the operating system or the
jumper configuration in the drive.

Hope this helps.

Gaz




On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 08:09:55 +1000, "John" <trueblueace@hotmail.com
wrote:

Hi.
My seagate 120GB (primary slave) HDD at first was showing 30GB used
but
only 10GB of files where stored on it. I reformated it and now it says
108GB used and 111GB free. Is this a problem with the drive or the OS. I
use
XP and 2K which are installed on a partitioned 40GB drive (primary
master)
both show the same problem.

Thanks for your help.

 

[The Real Andy]

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 08:43:32 +1000, "John" <trueblueace@hotmail.com>
wrote:

Both master and slave drives are set to cable select. Could this be the
cause of my problem?

I would try setting the OS drive as a master and the other as a slave.
I have never had success in using cable select modes.

 

[Rod Speed]

The Real Andy <.pearson@wayit_dot_com_dot_au_remove_the_obvious_to_reply>
wrote in message news:bf3490df2nis6ss9lm86js0o0u2n50rcbu@4ax.com...

John <trueblueace@hotmail.com> wrote

Both master and slave drives are set to cable select.
Could this be the cause of my problem?

Nope.

I would try setting the OS drive as a master and the other as a slave.

Wont be what is producing the symptoms he is seeing size wise.

I have never had success in using cable select modes.

Most likely because you werent using a cable select cable.