I ordered an 80 GB laptop a few months ago. Happened to look at the control panel today, and saw that it said the total disk space was 51 GB (25 used, 26 free). My brother says that the 30 GB was taken up by the pre-installed XP, but that seems like a lot to me. I thought maybe they gave me a 60 GB instead...did they make an error or is that much space taken up?
2007-01-12 07:14:34 · 16 answers · asked by Patchy O'Squirrel 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Device driver says it's a Samsung hm080II, which is supposedly an 80 GB!
2007-01-12 07:28:54 · update #1
Device manager*
2007-01-12 07:29:12 · update #2
lv_consultant...ok, it says 5 GB are used for "unknown partition", 17 GB are used for "backup," and 51 or so are for C drive....not quite 80 total. so i guess they used 17 of them for backup...wow
2007-01-12 07:33:34 · update #3
well, drive d ("recovery") is showing, but it's the 5 gb rather than the 17 gb partition, which is the "unknown partition" from manager. so i don't know what happened to the 17 gb one. thanks for the help. i think i need to be careful though before i go formatting drives and stuff...don't really know what i'm doing
2007-01-12 08:55:35 · update #4
that still doesn't add up. the system files, etc. would still be included in the 25GB that is used. sounds like maybe some of the hard drive isn't allocated properly.
go to START > RUN > type in diskmgmt.msc
you will be able to check how your disk is partitioned...
Edit:
so it looks like a 2nd partition was already created and named "backup" but it was not formated. if you are only seeing only the C: drive in My Computer (plus your CD-ROM drive) then that is the case. you will need to format the 2nd partition so that you can store data on it, use NTFS as the file system
2007-01-12 07:25:00 · answer #1 · answered by lv_consultant 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1) Computers measures each K as 1024 bytes, hard drive manufacturers a K is 1000, so an 80GB drive has much less that 80GB. (~ 75GB?)
2) Some manufactures hide a partition to store Hard Drive recovery utilities, or an enhanced BIOS utility.
3) Many Laptops are preinstalled with a lot of useless junk. Games, applications, help, tutorials, user manuals, etc. Most even store some or all the installation files.
You can use XP's Disk Management to see more technical info on your Hard Drive. (Right click "My Computer", Manage) . This will tell you the total capacity of the hard drive.
2007-01-12 07:36:54 · answer #2 · answered by mmarrero 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That can't be. XP takes up only like 900 MB to 2 gig. But hard drives are supposed to have a little less then the specified amount. My 80gig hard drive had a totol of about 74 gig. I think you got a different hard drive. But the hard drive jumper cable could be not connected properly. I think you should send it back but format it first. Then ask them why it happened.
It could also be that the drive wasn't partitioned properly. If you don't want it, then I'll take it. E-mail me at dellpro51@yahoo.com.
Good luck!
2007-01-12 07:29:11 · answer #3 · answered by xFrozen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you go to control panel, system,hardware, device manager and click on disk drive, you can see the type of hard drive that is installed. It may not be obvious what the size is (for instance one of mine says WD80, meaning Western Digital 80 GB). If you copy down this name and google it, you can find out what the size is for sure.
2007-01-12 07:23:48 · answer #4 · answered by Wiz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They may have partitioned part of the drive as a means reinstall the OS. Some computer companies now use Norton Ghost to back up their computers.
2007-01-12 07:19:17 · answer #5 · answered by Sean C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may have a hidden restore partition on the drive.
UPDATED RESPONSE:
Based on your additional details, then I can guarantee you have a hidden restore partition on the drive. Go into "disk management" to check.
2007-01-12 07:23:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to your device Manager and look at the description of that drive. The part number is a good indicator of it's true size! ;-)=
2007-01-12 07:19:09 · answer #7 · answered by Jcontrols 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Total hard drive size should be near 80GB, it looks like they made a mistake. There's no way XP takes up 30GB :) That's laughable, it's more like 1-3GB depending on what you install.
2007-01-12 07:18:00 · answer #8 · answered by Pfo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hard drives need a few gigs for purposes that I don't know, but they probably gave you a 60 gig. Call them and try to return it if possible.
2007-01-12 07:18:23 · answer #9 · answered by esco489 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
puzzling rigidity manufactures say 1GB = 1000MB abode windows (and each and each OS i have ever used) calculates 1GB = 1024MB (it is the right way) for each Gig the puzzling rigidity manufacture says, you lose 24MBs, truly. it truly is many times a gimmick achieved by using the puzzling rigidity manufactures to make their drives seem as if they have more suitable room than they fairly do. there have been proceedings in the previous, notwithstanding it nevertheless works this manner.
2016-10-30 22:39:55 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋