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KazaaBoy
07-06-2004, 03:39 PM
I have a Seagate 200GB HDD and Windows XP Pro only shows it as 127GB? When I go into the bios mode, it shows it as 200GB. I download SP1, as I was told it should of fixed it but it's the same thing.
Any help :frusty:
Shiranai_Baka
07-06-2004, 03:51 PM
Isn't there something you need if you have a hard drive thats over 200GB? I'm not sure what, but I heard it from someone O.o
Chewie
07-06-2004, 04:24 PM
Originally posted by KazaaBoy@6 July 2004 - 15:47
I have a Seagate 200GB HDD and Windows XP Pro only shows it as 127GB? When I go into the bios mode, it shows it as 200GB. I download SP1, as I was told it should of fixed it but it's the same thing.
Any help :frusty:
Where does it show you it's 127GB, the drive properties?
If so, right-click My Computer, select Manage, click Disk Management and see what it says in there.
tesco
07-06-2004, 05:08 PM
In disk management it will show the remainder of the size of the drive as unpartitioned space. You could either:
1) Use partition magic to resize the 127gb partition to the full size
or
2) create a new partition which is the rest of the size using disk management. You will then have a 127gb partition and a (200-127)*gb partition.
*-To tired to do the math.
KazaaBoy
07-06-2004, 07:25 PM
here, it's best if you see it for your self
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tesco
07-06-2004, 08:30 PM
Originally posted by KazaaBoy@6 July 2004 - 14:33
here, it's best if you see it for your self
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[img]http://godsholyangels.com/HDD.JPG' width='200' height='120' border='0' alt='click for full size view'> (http://godsholyangels.com/HDD.JPG)
right click unallocated, and click partition,
Or install partition magic 8 or 7, and go into it, right click the 127gb partition, and click resize, then make it the full size.
Spicker
07-07-2004, 12:56 AM
i wud use partition magic as rossco said ;) :01:
KazaaBoy
07-07-2004, 01:04 AM
Originally posted by jaigandhi5@7 July 2004 - 01:04
i wud use partition magic as rossco said ;) :01:
I did ;) I put the space into one HDD and it worked. However, it says I have 187GB and not 200GB? Did I do something wrong?
tesco
07-07-2004, 01:08 AM
Originally posted by KazaaBoy+6 July 2004 - 20:12--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (KazaaBoy @ 6 July 2004 - 20:12)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-jaigandhi5@7 July 2004 - 01:04
i wud use partition magic as rossco said ;) :01:
I did ;) I put the space into one HDD and it worked. However, it says I have 187GB and not 200GB? Did I do something wrong? [/b][/quote]
nahh that's normal. Hard drive manufacturers don't meausre size right. They say that 1gb is 1000mb but in fact it is 1024mb, and that 1000kb is a mb, but it is 1024, and so on. This adds up to be quite a bit of lost space :( then tehre is also the space u loose (not much though) from the file system.
My 40gb shown as 37gb :(
Spicker
07-07-2004, 01:18 AM
lol someone shud teach em math :angry:
KazaaBoy
07-07-2004, 01:19 AM
so the bigger the HDD the bigger space you loose.
Idiots <_<
Thanks guys for that. It helped.
BTW: I am looking for Norton Personal Firewall 2002 version but can't find it? The reason I am looking for these versions is because it's the best one I liked and worked perfect for me. Can you help me out?
Ariel_001
07-07-2004, 01:26 AM
Originally posted by KazaaBoy+6 July 2004 - 21:12--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (KazaaBoy @ 6 July 2004 - 21:12)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-jaigandhi5@7 July 2004 - 01:04
i wud use partition magic as rossco said ;) :01:
I did ;) I put the space into one HDD and it worked. However, it says I have 187GB and not 200GB? Did I do something wrong? [/b][/quote]
try using smaller cluster size. mine is set to 512 bytes
tesco
07-07-2004, 01:36 AM
Originally posted by jaigandhi5@6 July 2004 - 20:26
lol someone shud teach em math :angry:
lol, if they can make a hard drive, chances are they are pretty good at math. :lol:
It's non-cheapness they gotta be tought. ;)
kaiweiler
07-07-2004, 02:04 AM
The size difference is usually because the manufacturers count a single gigabyte as 1000Mb, rather then the actual 1024Mb that it really is. This makes each hard drive slightly smaller then it should be.
Geez I thought you people knew these things :rolleyes:
tesco
07-07-2004, 02:12 AM
Originally posted by kaiweiler@6 July 2004 - 21:12
The size difference is usually because the manufacturers count a single gigabyte as 1000Mb, rather then the actual 1024Mb that it really is. This makes each hard drive slightly smaller then it should be.
Geez I thought you people knew these things :rolleyes:
That's pretty much exactly what i said...mine was actually more detailed. :blink:
Spicker
07-07-2004, 02:14 AM
Originally posted by kaiweiler@7 July 2004 - 03:12
The size difference is usually because the manufacturers count a single gigabyte as 1000Mb, rather then the actual 1024Mb that it really is. This makes each hard drive slightly smaller then it should be.
Geez I thought you people knew these things :rolleyes:
geez i thought u cud read the post above the last one.... :lol: :P
j/k
:lol: ;)
kaiweiler
07-07-2004, 02:26 AM
Originally posted by jaigandhi5+6 July 2004 - 22:22--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (jaigandhi5 @ 6 July 2004 - 22:22)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-kaiweiler@7 July 2004 - 03:12
The size difference is usually because the manufacturers count a single gigabyte as 1000Mb, rather then the actual 1024Mb that it really is. This makes each hard drive slightly smaller then it should be.
Geez I thought you people knew these things :rolleyes:
geez i thought u cud read the post above the last one.... :lol: :P
j/k
:lol: ;) [/b][/quote]
:lol: :lol: Sorry, missed that one ;)
My mistake, I sure hope the death penalty has been disallowed...
Chewie
07-07-2004, 05:18 AM
Originally posted by KazaaBoy@7 July 2004 - 01:27
BTW: I am looking for Norton Personal Firewall 2002 version but can't find it? The reason I am looking for these versions is because it's the best one I liked and worked perfect for me. Can you help me out?
The Norton 2002 products aren't comapatible with WinXP so go for 2003. I've used them (NPF, NAV, NIS, NSW) and they're fine.
Amarjit
07-07-2004, 04:18 PM
Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@7 July 2004 - 01:16
nahh that's normal. Hard drive manufacturers don't meausre size right. They say that 1gb is 1000mb but in fact it is 1024mb, and that 1000kb is a mb, but it is 1024, and so on. This adds up to be quite a bit of lost space :( then tehre is also the space u loose (not much though) from the file system.
My 40gb shown as 37gb :(
Yes; this unfortunate mishappening is emphasized to a greater extent with RAID arrays. For instance, two 200GB HDDs being configured in a striped RAID-0 array, via NTFS formatting, consequences in an acceptable loss of 40GB, rendering you with 360GB of space.
tesco
07-07-2004, 04:57 PM
Originally posted by Amarjit+7 July 2004 - 11:26--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Amarjit @ 7 July 2004 - 11:26)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-ROSSCO_2004@7 July 2004 - 01:16
nahh that's normal. Hard drive manufacturers don't meausre size right. They say that 1gb is 1000mb but in fact it is 1024mb, and that 1000kb is a mb, but it is 1024, and so on. This adds up to be quite a bit of lost space :( then tehre is also the space u loose (not much though) from the file system.
My 40gb shown as 37gb :(
Yes; this unfortunate mishappening is emphasized to a greater extent with RAID arrays. For instance, two 200GB HDDs being configured in a striped RAID-0 array, via NTFS formatting, consequences in an acceptable loss of 40GB, rendering you with 360GB of space. [/b][/quote]
imagine when 1tb drives are out, then how muc will u loose? (too tired to do the math).
Chewie
07-07-2004, 11:40 PM
Originally posted by KazaaBoy@7 July 2004 - 01:27
so the bigger the HDD the bigger space you loose.
No, the capacty wasn't there in the first place; you can't lose what you never had.
Chewie
07-07-2004, 11:41 PM
Originally posted by Ariel_001@7 July 2004 - 01:34
try using smaller cluster size. mine is set to 512 bytes
That may reduce slackness but won't raise capacity that isn't there.
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