2006-12-21 21:16:35 · 5 answers · asked by angelspice81 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
the manufacturer means it has 80 billion bytes which is not actually 80GB. im sure it says it somewhere on the box.
1GB = 1073741824 bytes
80GB = 85899345920 bytes
80,000,000,000 bytes = 74.5GB
the 59 available is what you have left to use. the space you are missing may be the result of a backup partition
2006-12-21 21:18:42 · answer #1 · answered by Dashes 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a recovery partition. Rather than distributing a CD/DVD with the system, they use a part of the hard drive to store the recovery files so if there is any problem you can boot the system to that partition and completely reinstall the system to the way it was when you bought it.
2006-12-22 05:21:11 · answer #2 · answered by N_lien 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Probably space on the hard drive taken up by paging files and operating system. The remainder is what you are left to play with.
2006-12-22 05:20:16 · answer #3 · answered by David B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there might be some sort of sharing or reconsider ur partitions
there might be some free space on ur disk
for better clarifications try contacting ur manufacturer
although some space is consumed in partitioning but not that much
2006-12-22 05:45:38 · answer #4 · answered by sweetboy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it makes up for it in Vcache virtual ram
2006-12-22 05:20:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anointed71 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋