I have a hard drive of 40GB. but the windows installed on my computer shows less than 40GB(almost 38GB). Can anybody tell me why it happens? It also happens with the USB Flash Drive.
2007-08-22 17:28:49 · 13 answers · asked by nayabfriend_4u 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Usually that empty space is due to the File format system. It is normal to lose a little space. In addition, GB does not equal 1,000 MB so sometimes the conversion makes drives seem smaller
BTW, you misspelled solve
2007-08-22 17:35:23 · answer #1 · answered by tech_guy_towt 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Dear friend
1st of all you can't have a H.D with exactly 40GB but maybe Little less.
I think you problem can be solved by removing the Drives and remove all partitions and then recreate partions
but to check that go to:
Right click(My computer)---->manage--->disk management
and check if there is any unallocated partitions
if so then you can use the program (Partition magic) and include the unallocated partition
hope this will be helpful
2007-08-30 06:27:37 · answer #2 · answered by spirit_dh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually when we format a Hard drive, some part of Hard disk get Reserved for MBR, FAT AREA, ROOT AREA etc.
if u have 4 partition of 10 gb each, watch that every partition will be showing less than 10 GB.
It happens in USB pen drive also.
2007-08-30 05:12:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well just assume you have an fat32 format a certain space of the hard disc is allotted to save the file system which a user cannot edit . so the remaining portion is for the user ,the 2GB hidden space cannot be edited by the user .the hidden portion may also be occupied for the virtual memory of the OS in case there is less ram memory .
thank you .
2007-08-29 06:10:45 · answer #4 · answered by avi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is normal . The manufacturers use a different method of
calculating the hard drives sizes. They are never exactly as mentioned on the box we purchase them. there is also the fact that the System (computer) is also using some of it for it's own usage . So there you go you got ripped off too! lol
2007-08-23 01:02:26 · answer #5 · answered by amdiag 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all harddrives are over rated and you have to consider DOS 40 gig is always after formatted around 38. 20 gig is around 19. I have a 250 gig in this system and all formatted new it reads approx. 242. Every hdd I have dealt with is that way, and I have worked with literally 1000s.
2007-08-23 00:48:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
HDD is sold in gigabytes of 1,000,000,000 bytes
HDD is measures in PC by gigabytes(binary) of 1,073,741,824 bytes
So a drive sold as 40 G will ALWAYS show as less on PC, also sales size is "unformatted" and you need some space for "system" of a disc format, and you cannot always format 100% of a drive, depending on format you use, sometimes there is a small chunck unuseable, due to binary sizings and sector sizes.
2007-08-23 00:39:37 · answer #7 · answered by stu_the_kilted_scot 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hi,
Keep in mind that you'll rarely get the full capacity anyway,
(I bought a 128 mb RAM and I got 127 MB and i also have 130 MB RAM).
in your case, a few GB tend to go missing; mainly due to system files.
And its due to the electronic parts inside the memmory
2007-08-23 01:00:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
also, upon installation of windows a partition is automatically made that contains your master boot record (mbr) this holds the files pertaining to your boot sequence, which drivers to load etc. so 40 gig or any other hard disk space will always be less than advertised.
2007-08-23 00:37:12 · answer #9 · answered by zeven77 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is the difference between rated and actual. The conversion is 1024mb per GB, and you must do the math ( it's always smaller than rated ) but try this... Open up in MY COMPUTER, and right click, > Properties, and look to the GB capacity. It will show you a little different numbers - look to the actual 11 digit value for byte capacity...
2007-08-23 00:38:22 · answer #10 · answered by shooters733 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋