I have a 40gb hard disk, using it as a secondary slave for data storage, however it shows 37.3gb and I tried formating it with FAT/NTFS even use Compression but same result.Can anyone help me please?
2007-02-18 16:06:27 · 7 answers · asked by anishbagchi 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
If I do a MBR debug will it help in resetting the tracks to get more than 37.3 GB?
2007-02-20 21:47:26 · update #1
Amanda was the closest here.
The answer is "binary" ! Computers can only read in binary, so everything is in multiples of 2.
1KB =1024 bytes
1MB = 1024 KB
1GB = 1024 MB
etc...
In one GB, you have 1,073,741,824 bytes. However, hard drive manufacturers advertise 1,000,000,000 bytes per gigabyte. As you can see, they're leaving out quite a bit. So 40,000,000,000 bytes is well short of 40 true gigabytes, which is why you're only seeing 37.3GB.
2007-02-18 16:15:28 · answer #1 · answered by SirCharles 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 37.3GB is actual space that you can use, the rest is used for the disks addressing purposes. Consider, the disk is divided into tracks and cylinders, plus all data that you store has a start and end address. Where do you think all of this information is stored.
When you save something, where is the address pointer to that data stored?
The first track space on your disk (track 0) holds the address to where your data is stored. When you delete something, only the pointer in rack zero is destroyed, not the actual data! That is why there are programs that read your disk and restore the address back to track zero.
track zero takes up part of that 2.7GB that you cannot access.
2007-02-18 17:41:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hard drive manufacturers consider a gigabyte to be 1,000,000,000 bytes. Computers consider a gigabyte to be 1,073,741,824 bytes. This discrepancy, combined with the overhead of installing a filsystem on the drive (formatting) leads to a lower capacity than anticipated. It's completely normal and part of life with computers.
NEVER use compression. Ever. It will make your computer painfully slow and won't really gain you that much space. You can get a new 250gb drive (which shows up as about 230gb once formatted) for about $70, if you're running out of room.
2007-02-18 16:19:11 · answer #3 · answered by torklugnutz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is just how it is. It has nothing to do with your operating system. There are 2 ways hard drive sizes can be deceptive. One is to advertize the size of the drive as being 40GB, when it is in fact 40,000,000,000 bytes, whereas real 40GB is 42,949,672,960 bytes. They other way is to advertise a formatted and unformatted size. The most common is 1.
2007-02-18 16:10:22 · answer #4 · answered by Amanda H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The actual formatted size of a Hard Drive is always smaller then it is said to be bcause 1gb is 1024 MB but when formatted its only 1000 or so, so you loose out a bit. I know it sucks because I had this problem too with my 30GB ipod, formatted its only got about 27GB. Sorry, but its technology and every harddrive of today is like this.
2007-02-18 16:10:52 · answer #5 · answered by Brodey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you alter the jumper settings in any respect once you have been initially setting up the stressful force? if so, there's a jumper placing on maximum stressful drives which will make it 2gb or 4gb finding on the make of the force. i'd seek on your type sort of the HDD and bypass to the manufactures website to view the jumper settings.
2016-11-23 17:56:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it always does that.. space it used from your operating system! dont forget!
2007-02-18 16:09:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋