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02-17-2007
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| | Question about drive capacity I hope this isn't too stupid. I just installed Vista on a new Seagate 320G HD. I have an identical drive that is being used for backup and additional storage. When I go into Disk Management, Vista says the boot drive is 20G smaller than the data drive. Each drive is just one big partition. Any idea where the 20G went? |
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02-17-2007
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| | Re: Question about drive capacity System restore files etc possibly? -- Byron Hinson ActiveWin Windows Site: http://www.activewin.com Photos: http://www.byronhinson.com "Buckwheat" <bmcdaniels@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:25C3AA98-D4B6-4569-B4B1-78492E87F95A@microsoft.com... >I hope this isn't too stupid. I just installed Vista on a new Seagate 320G >HD. I have an identical drive that is being used for backup and additional >storage. When I go into Disk Management, Vista says the boot drive is 20G >smaller than the data drive. Each drive is just one big partition. Any idea >where the 20G went? |
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02-17-2007
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| | Re: Question about drive capacity No offense, but I'm looking for an answer, not speculation. "Byron Hinson" <byron@activewin.com> wrote in message news:98988164-FFB6-4300-985F-61A6346FA804@microsoft.com... > System restore files etc possibly? > > -- > Byron Hinson > ActiveWin Windows Site: http://www.activewin.com > Photos: http://www.byronhinson.com > > > "Buckwheat" <bmcdaniels@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:25C3AA98-D4B6-4569-B4B1-78492E87F95A@microsoft.com... >>I hope this isn't too stupid. I just installed Vista on a new Seagate >>320G HD. I have an identical drive that is being used for backup and >>additional storage. When I go into Disk Management, Vista says the boot >>drive is 20G smaller than the data drive. Each drive is just one big >>partition. Any idea where the 20G went? > |
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02-17-2007
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| | Re: Question about drive capacity Well without seeing the drives, the setup, what's on them etc its pretty hard for anyone to know 100% -- Byron Hinson ActiveWin Windows Site: http://www.activewin.com Photos: http://www.byronhinson.com "Buckwheat" <bmcdaniels@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:4E6E5CEF-9572-41F7-9BF3-BCBF64A8209B@microsoft.com... > No offense, but I'm looking for an answer, not speculation. > > > > "Byron Hinson" <byron@activewin.com> wrote in message > news:98988164-FFB6-4300-985F-61A6346FA804@microsoft.com... >> System restore files etc possibly? >> >> -- >> Byron Hinson >> ActiveWin Windows Site: http://www.activewin.com >> Photos: http://www.byronhinson.com >> >> >> "Buckwheat" <bmcdaniels@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:25C3AA98-D4B6-4569-B4B1-78492E87F95A@microsoft.com... >>>I hope this isn't too stupid. I just installed Vista on a new Seagate >>>320G HD. I have an identical drive that is being used for backup and >>>additional storage. When I go into Disk Management, Vista says the boot >>>drive is 20G smaller than the data drive. Each drive is just one big >>>partition. Any idea where the 20G went? >> > |
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02-17-2007
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| | Re: Question about drive capacity Is this one of those "The drive says 340 gigabytes on the package but installed it only says ..." questions? -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@gmail.com * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Buckwheat" <bmcdaniels@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:4E6E5CEF-9572-41F7-9BF3-BCBF64A8209B@microsoft.com... > No offense, but I'm looking for an answer, not speculation. > > > > "Byron Hinson" <byron@activewin.com> wrote in message > news:98988164-FFB6-4300-985F-61A6346FA804@microsoft.com... >> System restore files etc possibly? >> >> -- >> Byron Hinson >> ActiveWin Windows Site: http://www.activewin.com >> Photos: http://www.byronhinson.com >> >> >> "Buckwheat" <bmcdaniels@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:25C3AA98-D4B6-4569-B4B1-78492E87F95A@microsoft.com... >>>I hope this isn't too stupid. I just installed Vista on a new Seagate >>>320G HD. I have an identical drive that is being used for backup and >>>additional storage. When I go into Disk Management, Vista says the boot >>>drive is 20G smaller than the data drive. Each drive is just one big >>>partition. Any idea where the 20G went? >> > |
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02-17-2007
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| | Re: Question about drive capacity "Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@email.com> wrote in message news:esyCootUHHA.4844@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Is this one of those "The drive says 340 gigabytes on the package but > installed it only says ..." questions? my new one is supposed to be 320 GB and it shows up at 290 or so, is this sort of thing common?? > > -- > Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@gmail.com > * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ > * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups > * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ > * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm > > > "Buckwheat" <bmcdaniels@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:4E6E5CEF-9572-41F7-9BF3-BCBF64A8209B@microsoft.com... >> No offense, but I'm looking for an answer, not speculation. >> >> >> >> "Byron Hinson" <byron@activewin.com> wrote in message >> news:98988164-FFB6-4300-985F-61A6346FA804@microsoft.com... >>> System restore files etc possibly? >>> >>> -- >>> Byron Hinson >>> ActiveWin Windows Site: http://www.activewin.com >>> Photos: http://www.byronhinson.com >>> >>> >>> "Buckwheat" <bmcdaniels@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:25C3AA98-D4B6-4569-B4B1-78492E87F95A@microsoft.com... >>>>I hope this isn't too stupid. I just installed Vista on a new Seagate >>>>320G HD. I have an identical drive that is being used for backup and >>>>additional storage. When I go into Disk Management, Vista says the boot >>>>drive is 20G smaller than the data drive. Each drive is just one big >>>>partition. Any idea where the 20G went? >>> >> > > |
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02-17-2007
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| | Re: Question about drive capacity A binary gigabyte is 2 to the 30th power, 1,073,741,824 bytes. Manufactures use a decimal gigabyte, 1,000,000,000 bytes or 109 bytes. So the size reported by the computer is 7% less than the manufacture's size. -- Ronald Sommer "Pumpkin" <cataloupemelon@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:bmOBh.91005$Y6.13965@edtnps89... : : "Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@email.com> wrote in message : news:esyCootUHHA.4844@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... : > Is this one of those "The drive says 340 gigabytes on the package but : > installed it only says ..." questions? : : my new one is supposed to be 320 GB and it shows up at 290 or so, is this : sort of thing common?? : : : > : > -- : > Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@gmail.com : > * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ : > * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups : > * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ : > * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm : > : > : > "Buckwheat" <bmcdaniels@hotmail.com> wrote in message : > news:4E6E5CEF-9572-41F7-9BF3-BCBF64A8209B@microsoft.com... : >> No offense, but I'm looking for an answer, not speculation. : >> : >> : >> : >> "Byron Hinson" <byron@activewin.com> wrote in message : >> news:98988164-FFB6-4300-985F-61A6346FA804@microsoft.com... : >>> System restore files etc possibly? : >>> : >>> -- : >>> Byron Hinson : >>> ActiveWin Windows Site: http://www.activewin.com : >>> Photos: http://www.byronhinson.com : >>> : >>> : >>> "Buckwheat" <bmcdaniels@hotmail.com> wrote in message : >>> news:25C3AA98-D4B6-4569-B4B1-78492E87F95A@microsoft.com... : >>>>I hope this isn't too stupid. I just installed Vista on a new Seagate : >>>>320G HD. I have an identical drive that is being used for backup and : >>>>additional storage. When I go into Disk Management, Vista says the boot : >>>>drive is 20G smaller than the data drive. Each drive is just one big : >>>>partition. Any idea where the 20G went? : >>> : >> : > : > : |
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02-17-2007
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| | Re: Question about drive capacity Yes, it is. Drive manufacturers overstate the capacity of the drive by rounding to 1,000s instead of using the accepted 1,024 values that are used by Windows and folks who are precise. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@gmail.com * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Pumpkin" <cataloupemelon@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:bmOBh.91005$Y6.13965@edtnps89... > > "Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@email.com> wrote in message > news:esyCootUHHA.4844@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> Is this one of those "The drive says 340 gigabytes on the package but >> installed it only says ..." questions? > > my new one is supposed to be 320 GB and it shows up at 290 or so, is this > sort of thing common?? > > >> >> -- >> Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@gmail.com >> * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ >> * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups >> * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ >> * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm >> >> >> "Buckwheat" <bmcdaniels@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:4E6E5CEF-9572-41F7-9BF3-BCBF64A8209B@microsoft.com... >>> No offense, but I'm looking for an answer, not speculation. >>> >>> >>> >>> "Byron Hinson" <byron@activewin.com> wrote in message >>> news:98988164-FFB6-4300-985F-61A6346FA804@microsoft.com... >>>> System restore files etc possibly? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Byron Hinson >>>> ActiveWin Windows Site: http://www.activewin.com >>>> Photos: http://www.byronhinson.com >>>> >>>> >>>> "Buckwheat" <bmcdaniels@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>> news:25C3AA98-D4B6-4569-B4B1-78492E87F95A@microsoft.com... >>>>>I hope this isn't too stupid. I just installed Vista on a new Seagate >>>>>320G HD. I have an identical drive that is being used for backup and >>>>>additional storage. When I go into Disk Management, Vista says the boot >>>>>drive is 20G smaller than the data drive. Each drive is just one big >>>>>partition. Any idea where the 20G went? >>>> >>> >> >> > |
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02-19-2007
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| | Re: Question about drive capacity Nope, that's not it. Let me try one more time for clarification. I have two 320G Identical Seagate drives installed. C: contains the operating system, D: is just an NTFS formatted drive. Vista says the capacity of C: is 280G. It says the capacity of D: is 300G. Now I understand that because of the way capacity is calculated, that the drives will be less than the manufactures specifications. However, they should still be the same. I'm trying to determine why they are different. My BIOS sees identical drives. The Seagate tools sees identical drives and capacity, but Vista does not. I used Diskpart.exe to examine the dives, and they don't appear to have any additional volumes or partitions. So... Why the 20G difference? "Richard G. Harper" wrote: > Is this one of those "The drive says 340 gigabytes on the package but > installed it only says ..." questions? > > -- > Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@gmail.com > * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ > * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups > * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ > * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm > > > "Buckwheat" <bmcdaniels@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:4E6E5CEF-9572-41F7-9BF3-BCBF64A8209B@microsoft.com... > > No offense, but I'm looking for an answer, not speculation. > > > > > > > > "Byron Hinson" <byron@activewin.com> wrote in message > > news:98988164-FFB6-4300-985F-61A6346FA804@microsoft.com... > >> System restore files etc possibly? > >> > >> -- > >> Byron Hinson > >> ActiveWin Windows Site: http://www.activewin.com > >> Photos: http://www.byronhinson.com > >> > >> > >> "Buckwheat" <bmcdaniels@hotmail.com> wrote in message > >> news:25C3AA98-D4B6-4569-B4B1-78492E87F95A@microsoft.com... > >>>I hope this isn't too stupid. I just installed Vista on a new Seagate > >>>320G HD. I have an identical drive that is being used for backup and > >>>additional storage. When I go into Disk Management, Vista says the boot > >>>drive is 20G smaller than the data drive. Each drive is just one big > >>>partition. Any idea where the 20G went? > >> > > > > > |
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02-19-2007
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| | Re: Question about drive capacity What do you see using the list disk command? DISKPART> list disk Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt -------- ---------- ------- ------- --- --- Disk 0 Online 373 GB 0 B Disk 1 Online 233 GB 0 B Disk 2 Online 373 GB 0 B On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 11:14:20 -0800, Buckwheat <Buckwheat@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >Nope, that's not it. Let me try one more time for clarification. I have two >320G Identical Seagate drives installed. C: contains the operating system, D: >is just an NTFS formatted drive. Vista says the capacity of C: is 280G. It >says the capacity of D: is 300G. Now I understand that because of the way >capacity is calculated, that the drives will be less than the manufactures >specifications. However, they should still be the same. I'm trying to >determine why they are different. My BIOS sees identical drives. The Seagate >tools sees identical drives and capacity, but Vista does not. > >I used Diskpart.exe to examine the dives, and they don't appear to have any >additional volumes or partitions. So... Why the 20G difference? > > >"Richard G. Harper" wrote: > >> Is this one of those "The drive says 340 gigabytes on the package but >> installed it only says ..." questions? >> >> -- >> Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@gmail.com >> * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ >> * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups >> * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ >> * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm >> >> >> "Buckwheat" <bmcdaniels@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:4E6E5CEF-9572-41F7-9BF3-BCBF64A8209B@microsoft.com... >> > No offense, but I'm looking for an answer, not speculation. >> > >> > >> > >> > "Byron Hinson" <byron@activewin.com> wrote in message >> > news:98988164-FFB6-4300-985F-61A6346FA804@microsoft.com... >> >> System restore files etc possibly? >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Byron Hinson >> >> ActiveWin Windows Site: http://www.activewin.com >> >> Photos: http://www.byronhinson.com >> >> >> >> >> >> "Buckwheat" <bmcdaniels@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> >> news:25C3AA98-D4B6-4569-B4B1-78492E87F95A@microsoft.com... >> >>>I hope this isn't too stupid. I just installed Vista on a new Seagate >> >>>320G HD. I have an identical drive that is being used for backup and >> >>>additional storage. When I go into Disk Management, Vista says the boot >> >>>drive is 20G smaller than the data drive. Each drive is just one big >> >>>partition. Any idea where the 20G went? >> >> >> > >> >> >> |
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