HardDrive

[crazyfool689]

I have a 160 gb harddrive thats only being reckognized as 143. I've tried everything I can. Do I have to download SP2 or sumthin?

[tesco]

no it's size is most likely 143gb.

edit: here (http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/showpost.php?p=973286&postcount=5) is my explanation of it (form another post just a few days ago).

[crazyfool689]

my "specs" when I bought the Computer stated 160 so... you think If there was anything I needed to do the manufactorers would have already done since the HDD came with the Computer

edit: wow okay, I never read that far... thats pretty gay though.. oh well 143 is plenty large for me I think

[tesco]

Ya, someone really should start sueing hard drive companies and force them to give what they're advertising.

[HailAntonLaVey]

Just wondering,do you know what a ATA-card is.You may want to get one.Tell then adieu

[clocker]

Just wondering,do you know what a ATA-card is.You may want to get one.Tell then adieu
I know what an ATA-PCI adaptor card is.
Can you explain how that would increase the size of his hard drive?
Till then, phew.

[muchspl2]

it's the hard drive tax, the government always gets their cut

[Samurai]

crazy fool, it might be worth checking your disk management. there's the infamous 137gb barrier.

start > control panel > performance and maintenance > admin tools > computer management

storage > disk management

see if there's any unpartitioned space and try to format it if you can. worked for me when i purchased a 200gb hdd a few months back.

[SingaBoiy]

crazy fool, it might be worth checking your disk management. there's the infamous 137gb barrier.

start > control panel > performance and maintenance > admin tools > computer management

storage > disk management

see if there's any unpartitioned space and try to format it if you can. worked for me when i purchased a 200gb hdd a few months back.
Hes seeing 143 though :P

Its just how these damn hds work. On my 160, im only getting 149. On my 200, im getting 186. Its cause windows doesnt measure them the same as the manufacturer.

EDIT: Hmm... I was messing around with the calculator and I notice that on mine, I get 93% of what they are supposed to be. :huh:

[Livy]

yeah, if you work it out with their gig and our gig it works out that the gig is 93% of ours, so you should always get about 93% of the advertised size

[johnboy27]

my "specs" when I bought the Computer stated 160 so... you think If there was anything I needed to do the manufactorers would have already done since the HDD came with the Computer

edit: wow okay, I never read that far... thats pretty gay though.. oh well 143 is plenty large for me I think
It doesn't matter what the specs say.The drive was said to be 160 gb by the manufacturer of the drive.When windows formats a drive it formats it with 1024 kb per mb and 1024 mb per gb. The manufacturer counts 1000 kb as a mb and 1000 mb as one gb. Also,is your PC a Dell,Compaq,IBM etc? If it is then there is likely a hidden partition holding your software that came on the PC.

[Samurai]

Hes seeing 143 though :P

Its just how these damn hds work. On my 160, im only getting 149. On my 200, im getting 186. Its cause windows doesnt measure them the same as the manufacturer.

EDIT: Hmm... I was messing around with the calculator and I notice that on mine, I get 93% of what they are supposed to be. :huh:


My 200GB = 186.31GB :(
My 160GB = 152.66GB :(


Damn them! Damn them all to hellllllll!

"dr zeus, dr zeus do de do do, dr zeus dr zeus do de do do"

[SingaBoiy]

Oh and on one of my 8 GB, I only get 7.44 GB.

[tesco]

Oh and on one of my 8 GB, I only get 7.44 GB.
Same with the drive that came with my old computer. ;)

[lynx]

I was told mine would be 8 inches, but it is only 19cm. Damn conversion factors. :angry:







Oops, sorry, wrong forum. :blushing:

[Virtualbody1234]

19cm? :ohmy:

Maybe that turns out just to be 15cm, like the HDD companies count it. :whistling