peasepud 59 Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Got a new PC with what is supposedly a 320Gb HD yet when I go into the list of drives it shows: Local Drive (C:) 283Gb Free of 298Gb Theres no other drives listed so its not partitioned so does anyone know where my other 22Gb has gone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4456 Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 (edited) Its the way they're sized - 320Gb is the nominal size counting a Gb as 1024x1024x1024b (Binary) - When they are sold the size is talked up ie 320 but then windows rounds it down for the actual storage space based on a more decimal size. Also when its formatted some space is allocated for the table that tells the disk which file is where - a bit like an index in a book. I have a couple of 300Gb which are listed as 279 and 250s bwhich are listed as 233s. Edited March 30, 2007 by NJS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 0 Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 You lose a bit when it's formatted, but that seems a little hefty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6703 Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 What make is the PC pud?? Certain makes (Dell in particular) have a small partition (less than 50MB)that has all the diagnostics tools setup on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasepud 59 Posted March 30, 2007 Author Share Posted March 30, 2007 What make is the PC pud?? Certain makes (Dell in particular) have a small partition (less than 50MB)that has all the diagnostics tools setup on it. Had it built specifically from Orbit Computers, not quite sure about this bloody Vista though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 175 Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 What make is the PC pud?? Certain makes (Dell in particular) have a small partition (less than 50MB)that has all the diagnostics tools setup on it. Had it built specifically from Orbit Computers, not quite sure about this bloody Vista though! Don't get me fucking started on that shit ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fop 1 Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 What make is the PC pud?? Certain makes (Dell in particular) have a small partition (less than 50MB)that has all the diagnostics tools setup on it. Had it built specifically from Orbit Computers, not quite sure about this bloody Vista though! Don't get me fucking started on that shit ! Is it listing that in Windows or on boot/within Bios? Sure Vista doesn't have some "new feature" where it discounts storage used for system files or cashing maybe (or the massive amount of DRM spyware built in)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol 0 Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 Raid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus 0 Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 My 500gig drives format to 465 gig - as ive got 3 of them, i 'lose' over 100gig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol 0 Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 My 500gig drives format to 465 gig - as ive got 3 of them, i 'lose' over 100gig Yep, I've got the same problem. Got a Tb NAS box which formats to 700GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11114 Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Pud, how much was your custom built thingy? just curious.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasepud 59 Posted April 9, 2007 Author Share Posted April 9, 2007 Pud, how much was your custom built thingy? just curious.. Just over 900notes, canny machine like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11114 Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 I paid around £500 for mine and I'm willing to put that again against the proposition that you rmachine will be twice the caliber of mine.... I bought Dell and to be honest it's a decent "rig" (as the kids are calling them these days) but I find that I've already consumed the hard-disk space, I'm frustrated by it's speed... or lack there of, and I know I could have a better graphics card. so I'm going to have to spend £60 on an external hard-drive ( http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/Search...14&CatId=0) and £75 on improving it's memory ( http://www.crucial.com/uk/systemscanner/vi...=&pagename= ) ... when if I'd bought a custom built machine I'm guessing I could have got that spec for around the £500 I spent on a Dell pc... feckers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jusoda Kid 1 Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 Anyone seen these bad boys? http://www.bigpockets.co.uk/product.php?product_id=22666 Any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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